Biological Inorganic Chemistry

2006
ISBN: 978-1-891389-43-6
Verlag: UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BOOKS

Buch, Englisch, 739 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 1837 g

This guide serves both as an excellent course text for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, and as a reference for anyone working in this area. Already praised by specialists in the field, this text gives both an overview of biological inorganic chemistry and presents a detailed look at metal-ion containing biological systems.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bertini, Professor Ivano

Bertini, Ivano

Gray, Professor Harry

Gray, Harry B.

Stiefel, Professor Edward

Stiefel, Edward

Valentine, Joan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and Text Overview.- PART A: OVERVIEWS OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.- Bioinorganic Chemistry and the Biogeochemical Cycles.- Metal Ions and Proteins: Binding, Stability and Folding.- Special Cofactors and Metal Clusters.- Transport and Storage of Metal Ions in Biology.- Biominerals and Biomineralization.- Metals in Medicine.- PART B: METAL-ION CONTAINING BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.- Metal Ion Transport and Storage.- Hydrolytic Chemistry.- Electron Transfer, Respiration and Photosynthesis.- Oxygen Metabolism.- Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism.- Metalloenzymes with Radical Intermediates.- Metal Ion Receptors and Signaling.- PART C: TUTORIALS.- Tutorial I: Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Evolution.- Tutorial II: Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry.- Appendices.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ivano Bertini - Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Magnetic Resonance Center of the University of Florence. His main research interests are the advancements in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the expression and preparation of metalloproteins, their structural characterization and the investigation of their interactions with emphasis on understanding cellular processes at the molecular level.Harry B. Gray - the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and the Founding Director of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology. His main research interests center on inorganic spectroscopy, photochemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry, with emphasis on understanding electron transfer in proteins. For his contributions to chemistry, which include over 700 papers and 17 books, he has received the National Medal of Science from President Ronald Reagan (1986); the Linderstrøm-Lang Prize (1991); the Basolo Medal (1994); the Gibbs Medal (1994); the Chandler Medal (1999) and the Harvey Prize (2000).Edward I. Stiefel - Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University and associated faculty member of the Princeton Environmental Institute until his untimely death in summer of 2006.  His research involved the role of metal ions in biological systems including: iron in marine environments, especially the iron storage and DNA protective proteins ferritin and Dps; the biological production of hydrogen by phototropic hydrogenases and theoretical studies of hydrogenase action; the role of molybdenum in biology; and aspects of metals in medicine.Joan S. Valentine -