Evidence favoring molybdenum-carbon bond formation in xanthine oxidase action: 17Q- and 13C-ENDOR and kinetic studies.
Howes BD, Bray RC, Richards RL, Turner NA, Bennett B, Lowe DJ.
Howes BD, et al.
Biochemistry. 1996 Feb 6;35(5):1432-43. doi: 10.1021/bi9520500.
Biochemistry. 1996.
PMID: 8634273
[Coucouvanis, D., Toupadakis, A., Lane, J. D., Koo, S. M., Kim, C. G., Hadjikyriacou, A. (1991) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 5271-5282]. It involves formal addition of the elements of the substrate (e.g., xanthine) across the Mo = S double bond, to give a Mo(VI) species. ...
[Coucouvanis, D., Toupadakis, A., Lane, J. D., Koo, S. M., Kim, C. G., Hadjikyriacou, A. (1991) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 5271-5282]. It …