Metal ions in life sciences, ISSN 1559-0836 ; volume 6
Print version: Metal-carbon bonds in enzymes and cofactors. Cambridge, UK : RSC Publishing, 2009 xxvii, 510 pages ; 24 cm. Metal ions in life sciences ; v. 6 ISBN 9783110442793
Organometallic chemistry of B12 coenzymes -- Cobalamin- and corrinoid-dependent enzymes -- Nickel-alkyl bond formation in the active site of methyl-coenzyme M reductase -- Nickel-carbon bonds in acetyl-coenzyme a synthases/carbon monoxide dehydrogenases -- Structure and function of [NiFe]-hydro-genases -- Carbon monoxide and cyanide ligands in the active site of [FeFe]-hydrogenases -- Carbon monoxide as intrinsic ligand to iron in the active site of [Fe]-hydrogenase -- Dual role of heme as cofactor and substrate in the biosynthesis of carbon monoxide -- Copper-carbon bonds in mechanistic and structural probing of proteins as well as in situations where copper is a catalytic or receptor site -- Interaction of cyanide with enzymes containing vanadium, manganese, non-heme iron, and zinc -- Reaction mechanism of the molybdenum hydroxylase xanthine oxidoreductase: evidence against the formation of intermediates having metal-carbon bonds.