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Bioinorganic Chemistry

An Inorganic Perspective of Life

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Dimitris P. Kessissoglou

    1. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 459)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Metalloenzymes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xxi-xxi
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    2. Methane Monooxygenase

      • Stephen J. Lippard
      Pages 1-12

    3. The Coordination Chemistry of Iron in Biological Transport and Storage; Iron Removal in Vivo

      • Kenneth N. Raymond, Barbara L. Bryan
      Pages 13-24

    4. Siderophore-Mediated Iron Transport in Microbes

      • Kenneth N. Raymond, Jason R. Telford
      Pages 25-37

    5. On the Mechanism of Epoxidation and Hydroxylation Catalyzed by Iron Porphyrins. Evidence for Non-Intersecting Reaction Pathways

      • John T. Groves, Zeev Gross
      Pages 39-47

    6. Self-Assembly, Catalysis and Electron Transfer with Metalloporphyrins in Phospholipid Membranes

      • Ronald M. Kim, Gwendolyn D. Fate, Jesus E. Gonzales, Joydeep Lahiri, Solomon B. Ungashe, John T. Groves
      Pages 49-56

    7. Mechanistic Studies on the Binuclear Fe Enzymes Ribonucleotide Reductase and Purple Acid Phosphatase

      • M. A. S. Aquino, J.-Y. Han, J. C. Swarts, A. G. Sykes
      Pages 57-65

    8. Structure and Reactivity of the Blue Copper Proteins

      • P. Kyritsis, C. Dennison, A. G. Sykes
      Pages 67-76

    9. Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase: Mechanistic and Biological Studies

      • Joan Selverstone Valentine, Lisa M. Ellerby, Janet A. Graden, Clinton R. Nishida, Edith Butler Gralla
      Pages 77-91

    10. NMR of Paramagnetic Molecules: A Contribution to the Understanding of Enzymatic Mechanisms

      • Ivano Bertini, Maria Silvia Viezzoli
      Pages 93-104

    11. Magnetic and EPR Studies of Superoxide Dismutases (SOD): Electronic Structure of the Active Sites for the (Copper-Zinc)SOD, its Cobalt Substituted Derivative and the Iron(III)SOD from E. Coli

      • Irene Morgenstern-Badarau
      Pages 105-111

    12. Mechanism of Action of Thiamin Enzymes Role of Metal Ions

      • N. Hadjiliadis, K. Dodi, M. Louloudi
      Pages 113-128
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Bioinorganic chemistry is primarily concerned with the role of metal atoms in biology and is a very active research field. However, even though such important structures of metalloenzymes are known, as the MoFeCo of nitrogenase, Cu or Mn superoxide dismutase and plastocyanin, the synthetic routes to the modelling of such centers remains a matter of acute scientific interest. Other metalloenzymes, such as the Mn center of the oxygen evolving complex of PSII, are still the focus of in-depth examination, both spectroscopic and structural. Another area of concern is the interaction between drugs and metals and metal ion antagonism. Understanding the chemistry of metal ions in biological systems will bring benefits in terms of understanding such problems as biomineralization and the production of advanced materials by micro-organisms.
The 29 contributions to Bioinorganic Chemistry: An Inorganic Perspective of Life give an excellent summary of the state of the art in this field, covering areas from the NMR of paramagnetic molecules to the use of lanthanide porphyrins in artificial batteries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitris P. Kessissoglou

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