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Molybdenum cofactor and human disease
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Four molybdenum-dependent enzymes are known in humans, each harboring a pterin-based molybdenum cofactor (Moco) in the active site. They catalyze redox reactions using water as oxygen acceptor or donator. Moco is synthesized by a conserved biosynthetic pathway. Moco deficiency results in a severe inborn error of metabolism causing often early childhood death. Disease-causing symptoms mainly go back to the lack of sulfite oxidase (SO) activity, an enzyme in cysteine catabolism. Besides their name-giving functions, Mo-enzymes have been recognized to catalyze novel reactions, including the reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide. In this review we cover the biosynthesis of Moco, key features of Moco-enzymes and focus on their deficiency. Underlying disease mechanisms as well as treatment options will be discussed.
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- Schwarz, G.
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 31
- Pages
- 179-187
- ISSN
- 1367-5931 (ISSN-L)
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- en
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- Funders
- German Science Foundation
- Federal Ministry for Education and Research
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
- Keywords
- molybdenum cofactor, molybdenum enzymes, sulfite oxidase deficiency, inborn errors of metabolism, molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis, pterin cofactor, nitrite reduction, nitric oxide, cysteine catabolism, disease mechanisms, treatment options
- MeSH terms
- Molybdenum Cofactors, Coenzymes, Cysteine, Cytosol, Disease, Humans, Metalloproteins, Mitochondria, Pteridines, Sulfites, Therapeutics
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