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The biogeochemistry of molybdenum and tungsten.
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This article is published in Metal Ions in Biological Systems.The article was published on 2002-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Molybdenum & Biogeochemistry.read more
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Cell biology of molybdenum
Ralf R. Mendel,Florian Bittner +1 more
TL;DR: The transition element molybdenum (Mo) is of essential importance for (nearly) all biological systems as it is required by enzymes catalyzing diverse key reactions in the global carbon, sulfur and nitrogen metabolism.
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The Molybdenum Cofactor
TL;DR: The transition element molybdenum needs to be complexed by a special cofactor to gain catalytic activity and is bound to a unique pterin, thus forming the Moco cofactor, which is the active compound at the catalytic site of all molyBdenum-containing enzymes in nature, except bacterial moly bdenum nitrogenase.
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Storage and bioavailability of molybdenum in soils increased by organic matter complexation
Thomas Wichard,Bhoopesh Mishra,Satish Chandra Babu Myneni,Jean-Philippe Bellenger,Anne M. L. Kraepiel +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, X-ray spectroscopy analysis of forest soil samples indicates that most of the molybdenum in the litter layer binds to organic matter, which is a critical step in securing new nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems.
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Cell biology of molybdenum in plants and humans.
Ralf R. Mendel,Tobias Kruse +1 more
TL;DR: The transition element molybdenum needs to be complexed by a special cofactor in order to gain catalytic activity, and in different variants is the active compound at the catalytic site of all other Mo-containing enzymes.
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Effects of tungsten on environmental systems
Nikolay Strigul,Agamemnon Koutsospyros,Per Arienti,Christos Christodoulatos,Dimitris Dermatas,Washington Braida +5 more
TL;DR: The results provide an indication that tungsten compounds may be introduced into the food chain and suggest the possibility of development of phytoremediation-based technologies for the cleanup of tsungsten contaminated sites.