Concepts and Models in Bioinorganic Chemistry
| Series: | Industrial biotechnology |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Subject: | Chemistry, Inorganic |
| Authors: | Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz , Nils Metzler-Nolte |
| Pages: | 469 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9783527313051 |
| Call No: | QD 415.A3 C744 2006 |
Destined to set the standard, this book meets the need for a didactic textbook focusing on the role of model systems in bioinorganic chemistry. The first part features concepts in bioinorganic chemistry such as electron transfer, medicinal inorganic chemistry, bio-organometallics and metal DNA complexes, while the second part presents inorganic model chemistry on metallo-enzymes, organized by metal ion.
Experts in the pertinent fields provide a didactically well-organized background on relevant biological systems, as well as on their structural, functional and spectroscopic properties. All chapters are similarly structured, each one beginning with a timeline featuring the most important historical facts on the subject, followed by a table of the most significant enzymes. The authors also summarize key developments and open questions within the respective model systems.