Cobalt proteins
- 19 March 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 261 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00186.x
Abstract
In the form of vitamin B12, cobalt plays a number of crucial roles in many biological functions. However, recent studies have provided information on the biochemistry and bioinorganic chemistry of several proteins containing cobalt in a form other than that in the corrin ring of vitamin B12. To date, eight noncorrin-cobalt-containing enzymes (methionine aminopeptidase, prolidase, nitrile hydratase, glucose isomerase, methylmalonyl-CoA carboxytransferase, aldehyde decarbonylase, lysine-2,3-aminomutase, and bromoperoxidase) have been isolated and characterized. A cobalt transporter is involved in the metallocenter biosynthesis of the host cobalt-containing enzyme, nitrile hydratase. Understanding the differences between cobalt and nickel transporters might lead to drug development for gastritis and peptic ulceration.Keywords
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