Bioinorganic Chemistry: Trace Element Evolution from Anaerobes to Aerobes

Bioinorganic Chemistry: Trace Element Evolution from Anaerobes to Aerobes
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Country
Germany
Published
18 December 2010
Pages
209
ISBN
9783642083402

Bioinorganic Chemistry: Trace Element Evolution from Anaerobes to Aerobes

In this book the first three chapters outline the chemistry of nickel and heme largely associated with anaerobic life and believed to represent reactions which took place some 3-4x109years ago. Nickel has disappeared from the chemistry of man. The fascinating detail of the primitive catalysts is of interest to industrial society since very simple feed-stock is used, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and sulphate for example. The fourth chapter switches attention to a metal which became valuable later in evolution, copper, and which is involved with the use of dioxygen. It also has extremely interesting catalytic sites in enzymes. The essence of the volume lies in an appreciation of metallo- enzymes and their changing roles as the environment changed.

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