| Title |
The role of molybdenum in human biology
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, March 1983
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| DOI | 10.1007/bf01811327 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. P. Coughlan |
| Abstract |
Molybdenum, because of its unique chemistry, is the biological catalyst for reactions in which proton and electron transfer, and possibly oxygen transfer, are coupled. The molybdoenzymes in man are sulphite oxidase, xanthine oxidase/dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase. The former is essential for detoxication of the sulphite arising from metabolism of sulphur-containing amino acids, from ingestion of bisulphite preservative and from inhalation of sulphur dioxide, an atmospheric pollutant. Whether, or not, any of the reactions catalysed by xanthine oxidase/dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase are necessary for human well-being has yet to be established. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 11 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |
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