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Transition Metals in Biochemistry

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. Arthur S. Brill

    1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. The Role of Transition Metal Ions in Biological Oxidation and Related Processes

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    Pages 1-25

  3. Metal Coordination in Proteins

    • Arthur S. Brill
    Pages 26-39

  4. Copper

    • Arthur S. Brill
    Pages 40-80

  5. Heme Iron

    • Arthur S. Brill
    Pages 81-116

  6. Nonheme Iron and Molybdenum

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    Pages 117-126

  7. Electronic Structures and Properties

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    Pages 127-159

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 161-188
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Transition metal ions in biological systems are of interest in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, and physics. Scien­ tists with rather different viewpoints, employing many methods, have contributed to this area. A concise review of the current state of the field will, to some extent, reflect the special knowledge of the person writing it - in this case application of physical methods to the investigation of metal coordination. x­ ray diffraction is one of the most important of these methods, but a useful treatment of X-ray structure analysis would be com­ parable in size with and beyond the scope of the monograph. Many results of X-ray diffraction studies are, of course, presented. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy has played a major part in the rapid advance in knowledge of the electronic struc­ tures of transition metal ions in biological systems. More gener­ ally, measurements involving light, microwaves, and magnetic fields are capable of producing much new information, and the required instrumentation is available at most research institu­ tions. Therefore light absorption and paramagnetic resonance are treated in depth. The principles described in the latter discus­ sions are broadly applicable, for example to the promising tech­ niques of X-ray spectroscopy (utilizing synchrotron radiation) and lanthanide-perturbed, very high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

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  • Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    Arthur S. Brill

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