Molybdenum cofactor
Appearance
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