Biological roles of the elements

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A large fraction of the chemical elements that occur naturally on the Earth's surface are essential to the structure and metabolism of living things. Four of these elements (hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) are essential to every living thing and collectively make up 99% of the mass of protoplasm. [1] Phosphorus and sulfur are also common essential elements, essential to the structure of nucleic acids and amino acids, respectively. Chlorine, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus have important roles due to their ready ionization and utility in regulating membrane activity and osmotic potential. [2] The remaining elements found in living things are primarily metals that play a role in determining protein structure. Examples include iron, essential to hemoglobin; and magnesium, essential to chlorophyll. Some elements are essential only to certain taxonomic groups of organisms, particularly the prokaryotes. For instance, the lanthanide series rare earths are essential for methanogens. As shown in the following table, there is strong evidence that 19 of the elements are essential to all living things, and another 17 are essential to some taxonomic groups. Of these 17, most have not been extensively studied, and their biological importance may be greater than currently supposed.

The remaining elements are not known to be essential. There appear to be several causes of this.

Aluminum warrants special mention because it is the most abundant metal and the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust; [3] despite this, it is not essential for life. With this sole exception, the eight most highly abundant elements in the Earth's crust, making up over 90% of the crustal mass, [3] are also essential for life.

Essential elements [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
H He
LiBe BCNOFNe
NaMg AlSiPSClAr
KCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKr
RbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXe
CsBa*LuHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRn
FrRa**LrRfDbSgBhHsMtDsRgCnNhFlMcLvTsOg
 
 *LaCePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYb
 **AcThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNo
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  The four basic organic elements
  Quantity elements
  Essential trace elements
  Essentiality or function in mammals debated
  No evidence for biological action in mammals, but essential in some organisms.
(In the case of the lanthanides, the definition of an essential nutrient as being indispensable and irreplaceable is not completely applicable due to their extreme similarity. The stable early lanthanides La–Nd are known to stimulate the growth of various lanthanide-using organisms, and Sm–Gd show lesser effects for some such organisms. The later elements in the lanthanide series do not appear to have such effects.) [9]

The following list identifies in rank order the possible biological roles of the chemical elements, ranging from a score of 5 for elements essential to all living things, to a score of 1 for elements that have no known effects on living things. There are also letter scores for special functions of the elements. These rank scores are used to characterize each element in the following table.

RankBiological Importance
5Essential for all (or most) living things.
4Essential for some living things.
3Not essential, but has a pharmacologic role; helps to treat disease in some organisms.
2Benign: present in some organisms, sometimes bioaccumulating, but generally having no apparent effects (except possible harmful effects, notes "a" or "b").
1Extremely rare on the Earth's surface (less than 1×10−7%, i.e. less than 1/10 as common as the least common essential element, selenium), thus has low potential for any kind of biological role.
aToxic in some molecular forms.
bRadioactive.
cHas uses in medicine as a drug or implant.

The following table identifies the 94 chemical elements that occur naturally on the Earth's surface, their atomic numbers, their biological rank as defined above, and their general beneficial and harmful roles in living things.

Element Z RankBeneficial roleHarmful role
actinium 891bHas no known biological role. [10] Radioactive.
aluminum 132aHas no known biological role. [10] [11] The metal, or various compounds, can be toxic to humans. [12] In plants, aluminum can be the primary limitation on growth in acidic soils. [13]
antimony 512cHas no known biological role, but has a variety of uses in medicine, e.g. antibacterial. [14] Some compounds are highly toxic to humans. [10]
argon 182None known. [10] None known.
arsenic 334aEssential to some species. Some marine algae and shrimp contain arsenic compounds. [10] Toxic to humans in some forms. [10]
astatine 851bNone known. [10] Radioactive.
barium 562acHas no known biological role, but a variety of plants concentrate it from the soil, and it has a variety of uses in medicine. [10] Some compounds are toxic. In humans, barium ion affects the nervous system. [15]
beryllium 42cHas no known biological role, but has medical use in certain dental alloys [16] Toxic to humans, esp. via inhalation. Can substitute for magnesium in certain key enzymes, causing malfunction. [10]
bismuth 832acHas no known biological role, but has a variety of uses in medicine, e.g. in antiulcer, antibacterial, anti-HIV and radiotherapeutic uses. [14] [17] Slightly toxic, perhaps the least toxic heavy metal, though poisonings have been reported. [18]
boron 54In plants, it has important roles in nucleic acid metabolism, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, cell wall synthesis, cell wall structure, membrane integrity and function, and phenol metabolism. [19] Probably essential to animals, for reasons not well understood. [20] Toxic to both animals and plants. [21]
bromine 355Essential to membrane architecture and tissue development in animals. [22] May have antibiotic effects in some compounds when it substitutes for chlorine. [23] Bromine compounds are very common in and presumably essential to a variety of marine organisms, including bacteria, fungi, seaweeds, and diatoms. [24] [25] Most marine organobromine compounds are made by the action of a unique algal enzyme, vanadium bromoperoxidase [26] Toxic in excessive concentrations, causing the human disease bromism.
cadmium 484A carbonic anhydrase using cadmium has been found in some marine diatoms that inhabit environments with very low zinc availability; the cadmium evidently provides a similar function. [27] Many plants bioaccumulate cadmium, which deters herbivory. [28] Cadmium deprivation in goats and rats leads to depressed growth, but has not been shown to be essential. [20] Cadmium poisoning is widely recognized in humans, but has not been described in other organisms. In general, cadmium acts by substituting for calcium, zinc, or iron, and can disrupt biochemical pathways dependent upon those metals. [29]
calcium 205aUbiquitous, essential [30] Appears in various toxic organochemicals; contributes to diseases e.g. kidney stones. [31]
carbon 65cUbiquitous, essential. [10] Its oxide is a pollutant. [32]
cerium 584aThe methanol dehydrogenase of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV requires a lanthanide cofactor, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, or neodymium (or possibly other lanthanides) [33] but it appears that any of these lanthanides can perform this function, so cerium is only essential if no other suitable lanthanides are available. Has medical uses, e.g. in burn treatment. [10] Can substitute for calcium with possible adverse effects, and in metallic form, is mildly toxic. [10]
caesium 552aHas no known biological role. [10] Can substitute for potassium (a biologically essential element) with possible adverse effects, [10] particularly if the substitution is of radioactive cesium, which was the primary biologically active isotope released in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. [10] [34]
chlorine 174aChlorine salts are critical for many species, including humans. [10] Its ion is used as an electrolyte, as well as making the hydrochloric acid the stomach uses for digestion. [35] Excessive blood chlorides (hyperchloemia) are a symptom of several diseases; but the condition itself does not have symptoms. [36] Elemental Cl2 is toxic. [10]
chromium 244Appears to be essential in humans. Affects insulin metabolism. [10] Also influences metabolism, replication and transcription of nucleic acids, and decreases the content of corticosteroids in plasma. [37] Toxic in some forms. [10]
cobalt 275Essential to the metabolism of all animals, as a key constituent of cobalamin, also known as vitamin B12. [10] Toxic in some forms, probably carcinogenic. [10]
copper 295aEssential in many ways; an important component of many enzymes, especially cytochrome c oxidase, which is present in nearly all living things. [10] [38] Some compounds are toxic; [10] the metal is highly toxic to viruses. [39]
dysprosium 662Has no known biological role. [10] Some salts have low toxicity. [40]
erbium 682aHas no known function in humans, and is not taken up by plants. [10] Soluble salts are mildly toxic. [40]
europium 632aHas no known function in humans, and is not taken up by plants. [10] Possible low toxicity in some forms. [10]
fluorine 93aAffects bone density in humans; creates fluoroapatite, which makes tooth enamel hard and relatively impervious to chemical action, compared to bone. [10] Improves growth in rats; has pharmacologic effects – helps to treat other deficiencies, e.g. of iron. Absence of fluorine has no clear adverse consequences in animals. [20] Excess fluorine in humans results in fluoride toxicity, and can substitute for iodine, causing goitre.
francium 871bDue to its very short half-life, there is almost no potential for a living thing to be exposed to it. Even synthesis cannot produce more than minute quantities before it decays, so there is no medical use. [10] Radioactive. [10]
gadolinium 642acHas no known function in humans, and is not taken up by plants. [10] There has been limited use in experimental medicine. [41] Soluble salts are mildly toxic. [10] See medical discussion in Gadolinium: Safety.
gallium 312acAlthough nonessential, plays a complex role in humans, including concentrating in bone, binding to plasma proteins, and concentrating in malignancies. [42] It is selectively taken up by plants, so there are a variety of possible roles in plant metabolism. [43] There is limited medical use. [10] Inhibits iron uptake and metabolism in a variety of plants and bacteria. [43]
germanium 322aSome plants will take it up, but it has no known metabolic role. [10] Some salts are deadly to some bacteria. [10]
gold 792aAlthough some plants bioaccumulate gold, no living organism is known to require it. There are medical uses, including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and fabrication of dental implants. [10] Some gold salts used in medicine have adverse side effects.
hafnium 722Has no known biological role. [10] Salts have low toxicity. [10]
helium 22As with other noble gases, has no known biological role. [10] Has no known harmful role.
holmium 672aThis lanthanide has no known biological roles, and is not taken up by plants. [10] There are medical uses; for example, holmium-containing nanoparticles are biocompatible and facilitate NMR imaging. [44] Some salts are known to be toxic to humans. [40]
hydrogen 15Ubiquitous, essential. [10] None known. [10]
indium 492aHas no known biological role. [10] Highly toxic to humans in fairly small doses; [45] mildly toxic to plants, comparable to aluminum; [46] may inhibit growth of some bacteria.
iodine 535acIodine has a role in biochemical pathways of organisms from all biological kingdoms, indicating it is uniformly essential to life [47] Widely used in medicine, mainly for treatment of goitre and for its antibacterial properties. [10] Highly toxic to humans in its elemental form. [10]
iridium 771aDue to its extreme rarity, iridium has no biological role. [10] The chloride is moderately toxic to humans. [10]
iron 265Essential to almost all living things, usually as a ligand in a protein; it is most familiar as an essential element in the protein hemoglobin. [10] Toxic in some forms. [10]
krypton 361As with other noble gases, has no known biological role. [10] It is also the rarest non-radioactive element in the Earth's crust. [3] None known.
lanthanum 574acThe methanol dehydrogenase of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV requires a lanthanide cofactor, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, or neodymium (or possibly other lanthanides) [33] but it appears that any of these lanthanides can perform this function, so lanthanum is only essential if no other suitable lanthanides are available. Among plants, Carya accumulates lanthanum and other lanthanides, perhaps as an adaptation to certain site-limiting environmental stresses. [48] The chloride is mildly toxic to humans. [10]
lead 823aPb deprivation leads to suboptimal growth of rats, along with anemia, and reduced function of a variety of enzymes; but results have been inconclusive, and the effects may be pharmacologic. [20] Toxic in some forms, teratogenic, and carcinogenic; historically, lead poisoning has frequently been widespread in human societies. [10] It seems to have been rarely documented in other organisms.
lithium 34aThere is some evidence that lithium deprivation adversely affects multiple functions, especially fertility and adrenal gland function, in rats and goats, [20] and some plants accumulate lithium. [10] However, it is not known to be essential for any organism. There are medical uses, especially in treatment of manic-depressive symptoms. [10] Toxic in some forms. [10]
lutetium 712aThis lanthanide has no known biological roles, and is not taken up by plants. [10] Mildly toxic to humans in some forms. [10]
magnesium 125aEssential for almost all living things; needed for chlorophyll, and is a co-factor for many other enzymes; has multiple medical uses. [10] Large doses can have toxic effects. [10]
manganese 255aEssential for almost all living things, although in very small amounts; it is a cofactor for many classes of enzymes. [10] [49] At least one of these, mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), is present in all aerobic Bacteria and in the mitochondria of all eukaryotes. [50] Large doses can have toxic effects. [10]
mercury 802acAlthough nearly ubiquitous in the environment, mercury has no known biological role. Traditionally used in medicine and dental fillings, it is now avoided due to toxic side effects. [10] Can inactivate certain enzymes, as a result, both the metal and some compounds (especially methylmercury) are harmful to most life forms; there is a long and complex history of mercury poisoning in humans. [10]
molybdenum 425Found in many enzymes; essential to all eukaryotes, and to some bacteria. [51] [52] Molybdenum in proteins is bound by molybdopterin or to other chemical moieties to give one of the molybdenum cofactors. [53] Metallic molybdenum is toxic if ingested. [54] [55]
neodymium 604The methanol dehydrogenase of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV requires a lanthanide cofactor, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, or neodymium (or possibly other lanthanides) [33] but it appears that any of these lanthanides can perform this function, so neodymium is only essential if no other suitable lanthanides are available.Toxic in some forms. Anticoagulant. [10]
neon 102As with other noble gases, has no known biological role. [10] None known.
neptunium 931bHas no known biological role. [10] Radioactive. [10]
nickel 284As a component of urease, and many other enzymes as well, nickel is needed by most living things in all domains. [56] [57] Nickel hyperaccumulator plants use it to deter herbivory. [58] Toxic in some forms. [10]
niobium 412Has no known biological role, although it does bioaccumulate in human bone. [10] Is hypoallergenic and, both alone and in a niobium-titanium alloy, is used in some medical implants including prosthetics, orthopedic implants, and dental implants. [59] [60] Toxic in some forms. [10]
nitrogen 75Ubiquitous, essential for all forms of life; all proteins and nucleic acids contain substantial amounts of nitrogen. [10] Toxic in some forms. [10]
osmium 761aNone known. [10] Osmium is very rare, substantially more so than any element essential to life. [3] The oxide is toxic to humans. [10]
oxygen 85Ubiquitous, essential for all forms of life; essentially all biological molecules (not to mention water) contain substantial amounts of oxygen. [10] In high concentrations, oxygen toxicity can occur.
palladium 462aHas no known biological role. [10] Medically, it is used in some dental amalgams to decrease corrosion and increase the metallic lustre of the final restoration. [61] Toxic in some forms. [10]
phosphorus 155Ubiquitous, essential for all forms of life; all nucleic acids contain substantial amounts of phosphorus; it is also essential to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the basis for all cellular energy transfer; and it performs many other essential roles in different organisms. [10] Toxic in some forms; pure phosphorus is poisonous to humans. [10]
platinum 782cHas no known biological role, but it is a component of the drug cisplatin, which is highly effective in treating some forms of cancer. [10] Toxic in some forms. Contact can promote an allergic reaction (platinosis) in humans. [10]
plutonium 941bcHas no known biological role, and is extremely rare in the Earth's crust. The isotope plutonium-238 is used as an energy source in some heart pacemakers. [10] Both toxic and radioactive.
polonium 841bHas no known biological role, and due to its short half-life, is nearly nonexistent outside of research facilities. [10] Both highly toxic and radioactive.
potassium 195aEssential for almost all living things, except perhaps some prokaryotes; performs numerous functions, most of which are related to the transport of potassium ions. [10] Potassium ion in excess causes paralysis and depresses central nervous system activity in humans. [10]
praseodymium 594The methanol dehydrogenase of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV requires a lanthanide cofactor, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, or neodymium (or possibly other lanthanides) [33] but it appears that any of these lanthanides can perform this function, so praseodymium is only essential if no other suitable lanthanides are available.Some forms are mildly toxic to humans. [10]
promethium 611bHas no known biological role; as it is radioactive with a short half-life, it is very rare and is seldom present for long. [10] Radioactive. [10]
protactinium 911bHas no known biological role; as it is radioactive with a short half-life, it is very rare and is seldom present for long. [10] Both toxic and highly radioactive.
radium 881bcHas no known biological role; as it is radioactive it is very rare. There have been various medical uses in the past. [10] Radioactive; historically, there have been many cases of radium poisoning, most notably in the case of the Radium Girls.
radon 861bcHas no known biological role. [10] Historically, there have been various medical uses.Radioactive, [10] with a variety of documented harmful effects on human health.
rhenium 751Has no known biological role, [10] and is extremely rare in the Earth's crust.None known. [10]
rhodium 451Has no known biological role, [10] and is extremely rare in the Earth's crust.Toxic in some forms. [10]
rubidium 372cHas no known biological role, although it seems to substitute for potassium, and bioaccumulates in plants. It has seen limited medical use. [10] None known. [10]
ruthenium 441aHas no known biological role; it bioaccumulates, but does not appear to have any function. It is extremely rare. [10] There is a highly toxic oxide, RuO4, but it is not naturally occurring. [10]
samarium 622acHas no known biological role, although it can bioaccumulate in some plants. One radioisotope is approved for medical use. [10] Toxic in some forms. [10]
scandium 212aHas no known biological role, but can bioaccumulate in some plants, perhaps because it can substitute for aluminum in some compounds. [10] Some compounds may be carcinogenic; some forms are mildly toxic to humans. [10]
selenium 344Selenium, which is an essential element for animals and prokaryotes and is a beneficial element for many plants, is the least-common of all the elements essential to life. [3] [62] Selenium acts as the catalytic center of several antioxidant enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidase, [10] and plays a wide variety of other biological roles.Toxic in some forms. [10]
silicon 144cEssential for connective tissue and bone in birds and mammals. [20] Silica appears in many organisms; e.g. as frustules (shells) of diatoms, spicules of sponges, and phytoliths of plants. [10] Also has medical uses, e.g. cosmetic implants. [10] Silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust.
silver 472cHas no known biological role, apart from medical use (antibiotic, mainly; also dental fillings). [10] Can produce a variety of toxic effects in humans and other animals; also toxic to various microorganisms. [10]
sodium 115Essential to animals and plants in many ways, such as osmoregulation and transmission of nerve impulses. [10] Essential to energy metabolism of some bacteria, particularly extremophiles. [63] Toxic in some forms, and since it is essential to living things, either a lack or an excess can have harmful results.
strontium 384cEssential to Acantharean radiolarians, which have skeletons of strontium sulfate. [64] Also essential to some stony corals. [10] Limited medical use in drugs such as strontium ranelate.Non-toxic; in humans, it often substitutes for calcium. [10]
sulfur 165Sulfur is essential and ubiquitous, partly because it is part of the amino acids cysteine and methionine. Many metals that appear as enzyme cofactors are bound by cysteine, and methionine is essential for protein synthesis.Toxic in some forms.
tantalum 731cHas no known biological role, but is biocompatible, used in medical implants, e.g. skull plates. [10] Has not been found to be toxic, though some patients with tantalum implants have shown a mildly allergic reaction. [10]
technetium 431bNonexistent (radioactive). [10] Nonexistent (radioactive). [10]
tellurium 521aIs not known to be essential to any organism, but is metabolized by humans, typically through methylation. [10] Toxic in some forms; the sodium salt is fatal to humans in small doses, and the oxide causes severe bad breath. [10]
terbium 652aHas no known biological role, but is probably similar to other lanthanides such as cerium and lanthanum, i.e., not known to be essential. [10] Terbium is also one of the rarer lanthanides.Toxic in some forms. [10]
thallium 812aHas no known biological role. Medically, it was used for many years to induce hair loss, but this has ended due to its numerous other toxic effects on human health. [10] Its role, if any, in living things other than humans has been very little explored.It is very toxic and there is evidence that the vapor is both teratogenic and carcinogenic. [65] It can displace potassium in humans affecting the central nervous system. Thallium poisoning has a long history in humans, especially as it has sometimes been a preferred poison.
thorium 901bHas no known biological role. [10] Radioactive.
thulium 692aNo known function in humans, and is not taken up by plants. [10] Toxic in some forms.
tin 504aIn mammals, deprivation causes impaired reproduction and other abnormal growth, [20] suggesting that it is an essential element. Tin may have a role in tertiary structure of proteins. Some plants are tin hyperaccumulators, possibly to deter herbivory.Toxic in some forms, especially the organotin compounds, which include many potent biocides.
titanium 222cPresent in most animals, possibly beneficial to plant growth, but not known to be essential; some plants are hyperaccumulators. [10] Common in medical implants. [10] The common compounds are nontoxic. [10]
tungsten 744aIs a (presumably essential) component of a few bacterial enzymes, and is the heaviest biologically essential element. [66] Appears to be essential in ATP metabolism of some thermophilic archaea. Can substitute for molybdenum in some proteins. Some plants hyperaccumulate it, though its function is unknown. [10] Toxic, at least to animals, in some forms. [67] [68]
uranium 924bSome bacteria reduce uranium and use it as a terminal electron acceptor for respiration with acetate as electron donor. [69] Some bacteria hyperaccumulate uranium. [10] Radioactive, and most compounds are also chemically toxic to humans. [10]
vanadium 234aCan mimic and potentiate the effect of various growth factors such as insulin and epidermal growth factor. Can also affect processes regulated by cAMP. [70] Also used by some bacteria. Dinitrogenases, essential for nitrogen metabolism, normally use molybdenum but in its absence vanadium (or iron) will substitute. [71] Vanadium is also an essential for a variety of peroxidases found in many taxonomic groups, including bromoperoxidases, haloperoxidases, and chloroperoxidases. [72] Some compounds are toxic, and are implicated in several human diseases of including diabetes, cancer, chlorosis, anemia, and tuberculosis. [70]
xenon 541Has no known biological role. [10] None known.
ytterbium 702aNo known function in humans, where it concentrates in bones. Not taken up by plants. [10] Toxic in some forms. [10]
yttrium 392aNot well understood. It occurs in most organisms and at widely varying concentrations, suggesting it does have a role, but not known whether essential. [10] Toxic in some forms, and it may be carcinogenic. [10]
zinc 305aEssential, involved in numerous aspects of cellular metabolism (more than 200 different proteins). Some plants are hyperaccumulators. There are also medical uses, e.g. in dentistry. [10] Some compounds are toxic. [10]
zirconium 402aSome plants have high uptake, but it doesn't appear to be essential or even to have a role; benign. [10] Compounds generally have low toxicity. [10]

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Body composition may be analyzed in various ways. This can be done in terms of the chemical elements present, or by molecular structure e.g., water, protein, fats, hydroxylapatite, carbohydrates and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, connective tissue, muscle, bone, etc. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest number of cells contained in a human body are not human cells, but bacteria residing in the normal human gastrointestinal tract.

NAD<sup>+</sup> kinase Enzyme

NAD+ kinase (EC 2.7.1.23, NADK) is an enzyme that converts nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) into NADP+ through phosphorylating the NAD+ coenzyme. NADP+ is an essential coenzyme that is reduced to NADPH primarily by the pentose phosphate pathway to provide reducing power in biosynthetic processes such as fatty acid biosynthesis and nucleotide synthesis. The structure of the NADK from the archaean Archaeoglobus fulgidus has been determined.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanadium nitrogenase</span> Enzyme necessary for the process of nitrogen fixation

Vanadium nitrogenase is a key enzyme for nitrogen fixation found in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and is used as an alternative to molybdenum nitrogenase when molybdenum is unavailable. Vanadium nitrogenases are an important biological use of vanadium, which is uncommonly used by life. An important component of the nitrogen cycle, vanadium nitrogenase converts nitrogen gas to ammonia, thereby making otherwise inaccessible nitrogen available to plants. Unlike molybdenum nitrogenase, vanadium nitrogenase can also reduce carbon monoxide to ethylene, ethane and propane but both enzymes can reduce protons to hydrogen gas and acetylene to ethylene.

A transition metal oxo complex is a coordination complex containing an oxo ligand. Formally O2-, an oxo ligand can be bound to one or more metal centers, i.e. it can exist as a terminal or (most commonly) as bridging ligands (Fig. 1). Oxo ligands stabilize high oxidation states of a metal. They are also found in several metalloproteins, for example in molybdenum cofactors and in many iron-containing enzymes. One of the earliest synthetic compounds to incorporate an oxo ligand is potassium ferrate (K2FeO4), which was likely prepared by Georg E. Stahl in 1702.

Evolution of metal ions in biological systems refers to the incorporation of metallic ions into living organisms and how it has changed over time. Metal ions have been associated with biological systems for billions of years, but only in the last century have scientists began to truly appreciate the scale of their influence. Major and minor metal ions have become aligned with living organisms through the interplay of biogeochemical weathering and metabolic pathways involving the products of that weathering. The associated complexes have evolved over time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanadium cycle</span> Exchange of vanadium between continental crust and seawater

The global vanadium cycle is controlled by physical and chemical processes that drive the exchange of vanadium between its two main reservoirs: the upper continental crust and the ocean. Anthropogenic processes such as coal and petroleum production release vanadium to the atmosphere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Molybdenum in biology</span> Use of molybdenum by organisms

Molybdenum is an essential element in most organisms. It is most notably present in nitrogenase which is an essential part of nitrogen fixation.

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