Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry
 
 
human carbonic anhydrase
biomineralization of silica
human carbonic anhydrase
biomineralization of mesoporous silica
shell mimetics: morphogenesis of shapes
(from: Adv. Mater. 1997, 9, 662)
 
 

 
Contents:
I.
 Introduction:  Definitions, Scope, Aims
II.
 Principles of Coordination Chemistry
(transition metal complexes, bioligands, structures)
III.
 Transport Phenomena A: Uptake, Transport, and Assembly of Metals
(cell membrane, ion-specific channels and pores, iron metabolism, ion pumps)
IV.
 Transport Phenomena B: Uptake and Transport of Small Molecules
(dioxygen transport, hemoglobin, myoglobin, hemerythrin, hemocyanin)
V.
 Transport Phenomena C: Electron Transfer Proteins
(electron carriers, cytochromes, blue copper proteins, iron-sulfur proteins)
VI.
 Metal Ion Folding and Cross-Linking of Biomolecules
(zinc finger, regulatory role of calcium, catalytic RNA molecules)
VII.
 Metalloenzymes in Acid–Base Catalysis
(carboxypeptidase, carbonic anhydrase, alcohol dehydrogenase)
VIII.
 Metalloenzymes in Redox Catalysis
(OEC= oxygen-evolving complex, cytochrom P-450, vitamin B12, nitrogenases)
IX.
 Biomineralization
X.
 Metals in Medicine
 
 
Textbooks on Bioinorganic Chemistry:
Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry          Bioanorganische Chemie          Inorganic Biochemistry - An Introduction
 
... further comprehensive references:
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