Biological Inorganic Chemistry (Hardcover)

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.