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.
Author(s): Gunther Winkelmann
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 517
City: Boca Raton
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
