Transition Metals in Microbial Metabolism

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The key role played by iron, as well as other transition metals, in microbial metabolism is investigated in this volume. Topics covered include: iron chelation and siderophores; receptor-mediated bacterial iron transport; and the nitogenases. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Contributors 1. Iron chelation and siderophores 2. Biosynthetic and regulatory aspects of siderophores 3. Receptor-mediated bacterial iron transport 4. Iron storage in microorganisms 5. Iron uptake and magnetite crystal formation of the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense 6. Dissimilatory iron reduction 7. Molybdenum transport, processing and gene regulation 8. Microbial nickel transport and incorporation into hydrogenases 9. Structure and biochemistry of methane monooxygenase enzyme systems 10. Role of transition metals in the energetics of sulfate-reducing bacteria 11. Cytochrome c oxidase — the key enzyme of aerobic respiration 12. Cytochrome c nitrite reductase and nitrous oxide reductase: Two metallo enzymes of the nitrogen cycle with novel metal sites 13. Tungsten-containing aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductases 14. Urease nickel metallocenter: Structure and assembly 15. Structure and physiological function of vanadium chloroperoxidase 16. Microbial ribonucleotide reductases — essential and diverse 17. The nitrogenases Index