“…These complexes are of interest not only because they are intermediates in the catalytic cycle of the VHPO reaction, but because of their use as catalysts in organic synthesis. , In addition, administration of these complexes to cell cultures are found to increase the protein phosphorylation of the insulin receptor (IR) presumably by inhibiting a protein phosphatase (vide infra). − Aqueous V(V) in the presence of H 2 O 2 at acidic pH was found to functionally mimic VBPO , and a protein−peroxovanadium(V) complex has now been structurally characterized demonstrating the details in the active site when the vanadium ion is coordinated to a peroxo group . A wide range of peroxovanadium complexes have been reported, and several reviews are dedicated to the discussion of the structure and chemistry of these systems. ,, In Table we summarize the known peroxovanadium complexes with O and N donor atoms and their structures ( 33 − 46 ). ,− A summary of all known peroxovanadium(V) systems including those with ligand donors others than O and N have been reported elsewhere . In addition to the spect...…”