Abstract：
:A broad range of biochemicals, from proteins to nucleic acids, function properly only when associated with a metal, usually a divalent cation. Not any divalent metal will do: these metals differ in their ionic radius, dissociation in water, ionization potential, and number of unpaired electrons in their outer shells, and so substituting one metal for another often changes substrate positioning, redox reactivities, and physiological performance, and thus may serve as a regulatory mechanism. For instance, exchanging manganese for magnesium in several chloroplast enzymes maintains plant carbon-nitrogen balance under rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Here, we review this and a few other cases where association of proteins or nucleic acids with different metals control metabolism.
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Curr Opin Chem Bioljournal_title
Current opinion in chemical biologyauthors
Bloom AJdoi
10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.09.017subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-04-01 00:00:00pages
33-38eissn
1367-5931issn
1879-0402pii
S1367-5931(18)30129-7journal_volume
49pub_type
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