The chemistry of lanthanides in biology: recent discoveries, emerging principles, and technological applications

JA Cotruvo Jr - ACS central science, 2019 - ACS Publications
The essential biological role of rare earth elements lay hidden until the discovery in 2011
that lanthanides are specifically incorporated into a bacterial methanol dehydrogenase. Only …

Mechanisms of biological recovery of rare-earth elements from industrial and electronic wastes: A review

S Dev, A Sachan, F Dehghani, T Ghosh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing application of rare earth elements (REE) in electronics, renewable energy,
biomedical devices, and industrial products has increased their demand globally. Enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity

CS Cockell, R Santomartino, K Finster… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microorganisms are employed to mine economically important elements from rocks,
including the rare earth elements (REEs), used in electronic industries and alloy production …

Biotechnological trends and market impact on the recovery of rare earth elements from bauxite residue (red mud)–A review

S Panda, RB Costa, SS Shah, S Mishra… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing demand for rare earth elements (REEs) confronted with a parallel supply risk,
draws major interest to utilize secondary resources bearing higher REE content than the …

Methane-derived carbon flows into host–virus networks at different trophic levels in soil

S Lee, ET Sieradzki, AM Nicolas… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The concentration of atmospheric methane (CH4) continues to increase with microbial
communities controlling soil–atmosphere fluxes. While there is substantial knowledge of the …

Biological, biomolecular, and bio-inspired strategies for detection, extraction, and separations of lanthanides and actinides

JA Mattocks, JA Cotruvo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanides and actinides are elements of ever-increasing technological importance in the
modern world. However, the similar chemical and physical properties within these groups …

Gene products and processes contributing to lanthanide homeostasis and methanol metabolism in Methylorubrum extorquens AM1

P Roszczenko-Jasińska, HN Vu, GA Subuyuj… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Lanthanide elements have been recently recognized as “new life metals” yet much remains
unknown regarding lanthanide acquisition and homeostasis. In Methylorubrum extorquens …

Lanpepsy is a novel lanthanide-binding protein involved in the lanthanide response of the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatus

JL Hemmann, P Keller, L Hemmerle… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Lanthanides were recently discovered as metals required in the active site of certain
methanol dehydrogenases. Since then, the characterization of the lanthanome, that is …

The effects of the metal ion substitution into the active site of metalloenzymes: A theoretical insight on some selected cases

M Prejanò, ME Alberto, N Russo, M Toscano, T Marino - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
A large number of enzymes need a metal ion to express their catalytic activity. Among the
different roles that metal ions can play in the catalytic event, the most common are their …

Characterization of americium and curium complexes with the protein lanmodulin: a potential macromolecular mechanism for actinide mobility in the environment

GJP Deblonde, JA Mattocks, H Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic radionuclides, including long-lived heavy actinides such as americium and
curium, represent the primary long-term challenge for management of nuclear waste. The …