Abstract
An overview of modern methods used in the preparation and characterization of molybdenum-containing enzymes is presented, with an emphasis on those methods that have been developed over the past decade to address specific difficulties frequently encountered in studies of these enzymes.
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Work in the authors’ laboratory is supported by a grant from the Department of Energy (DE-SC0010666 to RH).
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Niks, D., Hille, R. (2019). Molybdenum-Containing Enzymes. In: Hu, Y. (eds) Metalloproteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1876. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8864-8_4
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