Structure and Bonding Vol. 88Metal Sites in Proteins and Models, Iron Centres |
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| Editor:
| Hill, H. A.
Sadler, P. J.
Thomson, A. J. |
| Series title: | Structure and Bonding Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-540-62870-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $182.95 |
Book Description:
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Biological chemistry is a major frontier of inorganic chemistry. Three special volumes devoted to
Metal Sites in Proteins and Models 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...
More DescriptionBiological chemistry is a major frontier of inorganic chemistry. Three special volumes devoted to Metal Sites in Proteins and Models 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.