In microaerophilic or anaerobic environments, Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes nitrate reduction for energy production, a process dependent on the availability of the oxyanionic form of molybdenum, molybdate (MoO4 (2-)). Here, we show that molybdate acquisition in P. aeruginosa occurs via a high-affinity ATP-binding cassette permease (ModABC). ModA is a cluster D-III solute binding protein capab...

The modABC gene products constitute the molybdate-specific transport system in Escherichia coli. Another operon coding for two proteins which diverges from the modABCD operon has been identified. The first gene of this operon codes for a 262-amino-acid protein, designated ModE (28 kDa), and the second genes codes for a 490-amino-acid protein. ModF (54 kDa). The role of ModF has not yet been det...

Experiments were conducted to study the ability of surfactant-modified clinoptilolite for molybdate adsorption from aqueous solutions. Clinoptilolite was treated with some cationic surfactants. Adsorption of surfactants on zeolite surface was confirmed by chemical analysis, IR (Infra-Red Spectroscopy), DTG (Derivative Thermogravimetry) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) techniques. The modi...

Laser Raman spectra, UV-visible spectra, and photo-catalytic activity measurements are described which show that supported MoO,iTiOr catalysts prepared by impregnation possess a layer of surface molybdate species coordinated to the titania support. The saturation coverage of this surface molybdate monolayer corresponds to a surface density of ca. 4 x lOI MO atoms per cm2 of TiO*. The properties...

In this research, mesoporous silica was applied as the host of corrosion inhibitor (molybdate). The loaded mesoporous silica was dispersed in an epoxy matrix. The composite was then coated on the mild steel plate. Results showed that the corrosion resistance of the scratched epoxy/mesoporous silica loaded by molybdate was better than the one without molybdate or neat epoxy. On the other hand, E...

The presence of 10 mM sodium molybdate has a profound effect on the physical behavior of glucocorticoid receptors submitted to ammonium sulfate precipitation or to DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Molybdate inhibits the inactivation of the unoccupied receptor and prevents the transformation of the steroid-bound receptor that occurs when rat liver cytosol is precipitated with ammonium sulfate. The...

Efficient one-pot catalytic synthesis of (+)-nootkatone was performed from (+)-valencene using only hydrogen peroxide and amphiphilic molybdate ions. The process required no solvent and proceeded in three cascade reactions: (i) singlet oxygenation of valencene according to the ene reaction; (ii) Schenck rearrangement of one hydroperoxide into the secondary β-hydroperoxide; and (iii) dehydration...

This study compares the stabilizing effects of glycerol and sodium molybdate on the progesterone receptor in vitro. Trophoblastic tissue from day 12 embryos was homogenized in TD buffer (10 mM Tris, 1 mM dithiothreitol at pH 7.8, 4 degrees C) with 30% glycerol (v/v) (TDG-30%) and/or 10 mM sodium molybdate (TDG-30% + Mo and TD + Mo, respectively). Receptor was partially purified from cytosol by ...

We examined molybdenum cofactor activity in chlorate-resistant (chl) and nitrate reductase-deficient (nar) insertion mutants and wild-type strains of Escherichia coli K-12. The bacterial molybdenum cofactor was assayed by its ability to restore activity to the cofactor-deficient nitrate reductase found in the nit-1 strain of Neurospora crassa. In the wild-type E. coli strains, molybdenum cofact...