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Molybdenum cofactor

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Amolybdenum cofactoris a biochemicalcofactorthat containsmolybdenum.

Examples include:

  • Molybdopterin(or, strictly speaking, the molybdopterin-molybdenum-complex), the organophosphate-dithiolate ligand that binds molybdenum and tungsten in most molybdenum- (except nitrogenases) and all tungsten-containing proteins
  • FeMoco,a metal cluster that contains Fe, Mo, and S that is found in some nitrogenases