
Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives.
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Rajagopalan, KV
Published in: Biofactors
December 1988
Structural studies on several derivatives of molybdopterin, the organic component of the molybdenum cofactor common to virtually all molybdoenzymes, have provided definitive evidence for the presence of a reduced pterin ring with a 6-alkyl side-chain containing an enedithiol and a phosphomonoester in active molybdopterin. The cryptic nature of the cofactor makes structure - function studies on the protein-bound prosthetic group extremely difficult. In this review some of the relevant properties of the pterin ring are presented, and the possible roles of molybdopterin in catalysis are discussed.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Biofactors
ISSN
0951-6433
Publication Date
December 1988
Volume
1
Issue
4
Start / End Page
273 / 278
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Pteridines
- Molybdenum Cofactors
- Molybdenum
- Metalloproteins
- Coenzymes
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
- 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Rajagopalan, K. V. (1988). Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives. Biofactors, 1(4), 273–278.
Rajagopalan, K. V. “Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives.” Biofactors 1, no. 4 (December 1988): 273–78.
Rajagopalan KV. Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives. Biofactors. 1988 Dec;1(4):273–8.
Rajagopalan, K. V. “Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives.” Biofactors, vol. 1, no. 4, Dec. 1988, pp. 273–78.
Rajagopalan KV. Molybdopterin--problems and perspectives. Biofactors. 1988 Dec;1(4):273–278.

Published In
Biofactors
ISSN
0951-6433
Publication Date
December 1988
Volume
1
Issue
4
Start / End Page
273 / 278
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Pteridines
- Molybdenum Cofactors
- Molybdenum
- Metalloproteins
- Coenzymes
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
- 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology