Abstract
A steady flow of reports over the last seven years on the molecular characterization of tungsten-containing proteins from a wide range of microorganisms has drastically changed our appreciation of tungsten in redox enzymes. Biological tungsten is not an odd remnant of evolution but a widespread, versatile catalytic entity for the activation of the carbonyl group both in carbon dioxide and in a broad spectrum of aldehydes and carboxylic acids. This review starts off with an outline of the boundary conditions for the biological use of tungsten dictated by inorganic chemistry. Subsequently, the possibilities for spectroscopy on tungsten proteins are reviewed. The molecular properties of tungsten enzymes are described and are related to their physiology and their mechanism of action. Gaps in our current knowledge of the bio-inorganic chemistry of tungsten are identified, and possible directions of future research are indicated.
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Abbreviations
- AOR:
-
aldehyde oxidoreductase
- CAR:
-
carboxylic acid reductase
- CEPT:
-
coupled electron-proton transfer
- DMSOrd:
-
dimethyl sulfoxide reductase
- ENDOR:
-
electron-nuclear double resonance
- EPR:
-
electron paramagnetic resonance
- ESEEM:
-
electron spin echo envelope modulation
- ESR:
-
electron spin resonance
- EXAFS:
-
extended X-ray absorption fine structure
- FAD:
-
flavin adenine dinucleotide
- FDH:
-
formate dehydrogenase
- FMDH:
-
formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase
- FMF:
-
formylmethanofuran
- FOR:
-
formaldehyde oxidoreductase
- GAP:
-
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
- GAPOR:
-
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidoreductase
- INEPT:
-
insensitive nucleus enhanced by polarization transfer
- MCD:
-
magnetic circular dichroism
- MFR:
-
methanofuran
- NADH:
-
reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide
- NMR:
-
nuclear magnetic resonance
- OAT:
-
oxo-atom transfer
- RR:
-
resonance Raman
- RTP:
-
red tungsten protein
- XANES:
-
X-ray absorption near edge structure
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Hagen, W.R., Arendsen, A.F. (1998). The bio-inorganic chemistry of tungsten. In: Hill, H.A.O., Sadler, P.J., Thomson, A.J. (eds) Metal Sites in Proteins and Models Redox Centres. Structure & Bonding, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62888-6_6
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