Overview
- Presents an overview of the fundamental chemistry of metallocofactors within the field of bioinorganic chemistry
- Provides a review of the mechanistic understanding of metallocofactors
- Multi-authored volume with contributions from world renowned experts in the field
Part of the book series: Structure and Bonding (STRUCTURE, volume 179)
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Metallocofactors are essential for all forms of life and include a variety of metals, such as iron, molybdenum, vanadium, and nickel. Structurally fascinating metallocofactors featuring these metals are present in many bacteria and mediate remarkable metabolic redox chemistry with small molecule substrates, including N2, CO, H2, and CO2. Current interest in understanding how these metallocofactors function at the atomic level is enormous, especially in the context of sustainably feeding and fueling our planet; if we can understand how these cofactors work, then there is the possibility to design synthetic catalysts that function similarly.
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Book Title: Metallocofactors that Activate Small Molecules
Book Subtitle: With Focus on Bioinorganic Chemistry
Editors: Markus W. Ribbe
Series Title: Structure and Bonding
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25897-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25896-2Published: 25 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25899-3Published: 25 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25897-9Published: 11 September 2019
Series ISSN: 0081-5993
Series E-ISSN: 1616-8550
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 169
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, Enzymology, Biotechnology, Protein Structure