Soil microorganisms, by actively participating in the decomposition and transformation of
organic matter through diverse metabolic pathways, play a pivotal role in carbon cycling …

Natural metalloenzymes with astonishing reaction activity and specificity underpin essential
life transformations. Nevertheless, enzymes only operate under mild conditions to keep …

" One impressive and compressive book.... This review would have to be book size to do full
justice to all the insights in this volume."—Journal of Metals Online Fully updated and …

Scientists in such fields as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and
medicine are currently involved in investigations of porphyrins and their numerous …

Iron-sulfur proteins are found in all life forms. Most frequently, they contain Fe2S2, Fe3S4,
and Fe4S4clusters. These modular clusters undergo oxidation-reduction reactions, may be …

Redox reactions play important roles in almost all biological processes, including
photosynthesis and respiration, which are two essential energy processes that sustain all life …

Conceptually, the simplest way to synthesize an organic molecule is to construct it one
carbon at a time. The Wood–Ljungdahl pathway of CO2 fixation involves this type of …

Molybdenum is the only second-row transition metal required by most living organisms, and
is nearly universally distributed in biology. Enzymes containing molybdenum in their active …

Autotrophic CO2 fixation represents the most important biosynthetic process in biology.
Besides the well-known Calvin-Benson cycle, five other totally different autotrophic …

1.1. Research on Catalytic Reactions Involving CO and CO2: Relationship to Energy, the
Environment, Biogeochemistry, Toxicology, Health, and Technology The major …