Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry

Author: S.J. Lippard J.M. Berg
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Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Features: The book contains approximately 450,000 words and is divided into thirteen chapters. It systematically elucidates the principles of bioinorganic chemistry through thoroughly studied examples. It discusses, in order, an overview of bioinorganic chemistry; coordination chemistry principles related to bioinorganic research; the properties of biomolecules; physical methods in bioinorganic chemistry research; the selection, uptake, and assembly of metal units in organisms; the control and utilization of intracellular metal ion concentrations; metal ion folding and cross-linking with biomolecules; the binding of metal ions and complexes to the active sites of biomolecules; electron transfer proteins; non-oxidative-reductive mechanisms of substrate binding and activation; the chemistry of atomic and gene transfer; the regulation of specific protein functions by metal properties; and cutting-edge issues in bioinorganic chemistry.