"Volume 31, devoted solely to the role of vanadium in life processes, offers a comprehensive and timely account of this fascinating field by 37 distinguished, international authorities. Highlights the properties of the various oxidation states of vanadium, their affinity for biogenic ligands, the effects of vanadium species on enzyme activity, the role of vanadium in nitrogenases and haloperoxidases, and more."
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University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Basel, Switzerland
Inorganic considerations on the function of vanadium in biological systems; solution properties of vanadium(III) with regard to biological systems; the vanadyl ion - molecular structure of co-ordinating ligands by electron paramagnetic resonance and electron nuclear resonance-spectroscopy; vanadyl(IV) complexes of nucleotides; interactions of vanadates(V) with biogenic ligands; use of vanadate-induced photocleavage for detecting phosphate-binding sites in proteins; vanadium-protein interactions; stimulation of enzyme activity by oxovanadium complexes; inhibition of phosphate-metabolizing enzymes by oxovanadium complexes; vanadium-dependent halo-peroxidases; vanadium nitrogenases of azotobacter; amavadin, the vanadium compound of amanitae; vanadium in ascidians and the chemistry of tunichromes; biochemical significance of vanadium in a polychaete worm; vanadium transport in animal systems; vanadium in mammalian physiology and nutrition; vanadium compounds as insulin mimics; antitumor activity of vanadium compounds; methods for the spectroscopic characterization of vanadium centers in biological and related chemical systems; analytical procedures for the determination of vanadium in biological materials.
