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Metal Sites in Proteins and Models Redox Centres

By H. A. O. Hill , P. J. Sadler , A. J. Thomson (eds.) , James E. Penner-Hahn (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1998
ISBN
3540628886, 9783540628880
DOI
10.1007/3-540-62888-6
LCC
QD461 .S92 vol. 90
Open Library ID
OL413893M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12762986 bytes)
Series
Structure & Bonding 90
Edition
1
Pages
216\216
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Biochemistrygeneral;Inorganic Chemistry;Molecular Medicine;Cel

Description

Biological chemistry is a major frontier of inorganic chemistry. Three special volumes devoted to Metal Sites inProteins andModels address the questions: How unusual ("entatic") are metal sites in metalloproteins and metalloenzymes compared to those in small coordination complexes? And if they are special, how do polypeptide chains and co-factors control this? The chapters deal with iron, with metal centres acting as Lewis acids, metals in phosphate enzymes, with vanadium, and with the wide variety of transition metal ions which act as redox centres. They illustrate in particular how the combined armoury of genetics and structure determination at the molecular level are providing unprecedented new tools for molecular engineering.

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