Talk:Evolution of metal ions in biological systems

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Contested deletion[edit]

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --BrawlAngry (talk) 01:06, 25 March 2015 (UTC) It is still in the process of being written. It will be complete by tomorrow evening. Please do not delete it. Please.[reply]

EDIT: This article will be complete by 9am tomorrow morning (03/26), with proper references and alterations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrawlAngry (talk • contribs) 22:03, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Draft?[edit]

@BrawlAngry: @Amro333: @Aqswezaxsd: This article (as of this version) still appears to be quite in flux. There are gaping holes in the content, and only a single reference for what is a very technical article that will require many references. Seeing that the article is still very much a draft, do you have objections if I move it to Draft:Evolution of metal ions in biological systems? You'll be able to continue working on it there for as long as takes to flesh out the details and the citations.

Might I also suggest a rewording of the lead? As written now, it implies that, not only did living organisms evolve in reaction to the availability of metallic ions, but so also did the metallic ions evolve in reaction to the living organisms, in a symbiotic manner. Evolution and symbiosis can only occur among living organisms; metallic ions do not evolve, nor are they symbiotic. Living organisms can affect the distribution of such ions (as in the case of the Great Oxygenation Event where the availability of atmospheric oxygen caused a change in the oxidation rates of various metals on earth), but that is not the same thing as evolution. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:30, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Section - Evolution of the Earth's Elements[edit]

Might I recommend adding a section specifically about the evolution of Earth's topic related elements and then an additional subsection of theories about how metals were integrated into biological systems in more detail than given in the introduction...

These are some references that I am intending to use for this data, any thoughts?

Williams, R., & Rickaby, R. E. M. (2012). Evolution's destiny : Co-evolving chemistry of the environment and life. Cambridge, UK: RSC Pub.

Dupont, Christopher L., Andrew Butcher, Ruben E. Valas, Philip E. Bourne, and Gustavo Caetano-Anollés. “History of Biological Metal Utilization Inferred through Phylogenomic Analysis of Protein Structures.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 23 (June 8, 2010): 10567–72. doi:10.1073/pnas.0912491107.

Monosson, Emily. Evolution in a Toxic World. Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2012. doi:10.5822/978-1-61091-221-1.

Williams, R., & Fraústo, D. S. J. (2005). The Chemistry of Evolution : The Development of our Ecosystem. Burlington, NL: Elsevier Science. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com

Ashbyaa (talk) 05:31, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested edit in Origins[edit]

This section in Origins does not make sense to me; nor does it correlate with the reference. Animals did not yet exist at 2.4 Ga... Also, the reference implies that metals co-evolved with life as in metals were here first and life formed around it, not life evolving as a response to metals. The Great Oxygenation Event occurred approximately 2.4 Ga (billion years ago) as cyanobacteria induced the presence of dioxygen in earth’s atmosphere. Biological oxidation leading to oxidative stress and cell damage in animals represents one of these types of reactions which are responsible for many animal diseases. Incorporation of metals perhaps combated this.

Ashbyaa (talk) 08:39, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Book series[edit]

I have just come across this article. Editors appear to be unaware of the extensive series of books with the collective title of Metal ions in Life Sciences. The latest volume (18) is Metallo-Drugs: Development and Action of Anticancer Agents. Publisher's information at De Gruyter, publisher

Each volume in the series contains some 15 review articles. I have inserted citations into a large number of relevant articles, of which Metalloprotein is one. I will welcome help in incorporating citations into this article. Maybe a generic citation of the series be sufficient? Petergans (talk) 22:50, 14 February 2018 (UTC).[reply]