One- and two-electron reduction of molybdate reversibly bound to the archaeal tungstate/molybdate transporter WtpA

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Abstract

Reversible binding of the tetrahedral oxoanions MoO4 2- and WO4 2- to two carboxylato ligands of the soluble scavenger protein WtpA from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus enforces a quasi-octahedral MO6 coordination in which the +VI oxidation state is destabilized.