Molybdenum cofactors and their role in the evolution of metabolic pathways [electronic resource] / Luana Presta, Marco Fondi, Giovanni Emiliani, Renato Fani.
Presta, Luana, author.; Fondi, Marco, author.; Emiliani, Giovanni, author.; Fani, Renato, author.
2015
QP535.M7 P74 2015eb
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Title
Molybdenum cofactors and their role in the evolution of metabolic pathways [electronic resource] / Luana Presta, Marco Fondi, Giovanni Emiliani, Renato Fani.
Author
Presta, Luana, author.
ISBN
9789401799720 electronic book
9401799725 electronic book
9789401799713
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9972-0
Published
Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-017-9972-0 doi
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QP535.M7 P74 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
572/.52534
574.192
Summary
In this brief, the authors explore and review the current knowledge regarding the role of molybdenum in the evolution of biological systems and their interaction with biogeochemical cycles. Special emphasis is placed on biological nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen element cycle. The origin and evolution of molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic pathways as well as the evolutionary significance of molybdenum containing enzymes appearance is analyzed. Original data regarding nitrogen fixation pathways and related enzymes molecular evolution processes is presented. The trace element molybdenum is essential for nearly all organisms and forms the catalytic center of a large variety of enzymes such as nitrogenase, nitrate reductases, sulphite oxidase and xanthine oxidoreductases.
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Fondi, Marco, author.
Emiliani, Giovanni, author.
Fani, Renato, author.
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SpringerBriefs in molecular science. Biometals.
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Introduction
Molybdenum availability in the ecosystems (Geochemistry aspects, when and how did it appear?)
Molybdenum and biological systems
Molybdenum-cofactor containing enzymes and pathways
Nitrogen fixation, a molybdenum-requiring process
Protocols and Methods for the in silico Reconstruction of the Origin and Evolution of Metabolic Pathways.

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