Vanadium biochemistry: the unknown role of vanadium-containing cells in ascidians (sea squirts) |
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| Authors: | M J Smith |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027. |
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This article reviews several new developments in vanadium biochemistry, as elucidated from studies of ascidians. A hypothesis correlating ascidian blood cell function to anaerobiosis, via two prominent redox constituents, namely vanadium(III) and the tunichromes, a family of metal ion complexing/reducing hydroquinonoid peptides, is presented. |
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