Chemistry of biological processes : an introduction / Marc Fontecave, translator Liz Libbrecht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fontecave, Marc, author.

Series:

Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France.

Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Collège de France 2014

Paris : Collège de France, 2014

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Life depends on the ability of living organisms to effectively harness the chemical potential of their environment, namely the sun, for energy, and a certain number of molecules which exist on the Earth’s surface, such as water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. These molecules need to be activated if benefit is to be derived from them, which requires profound electronic modifications that only metal ions can provide. Truly extraordinary metalloenzymes with highly subtle mechanisms are responsible for this activation. Bioinorganic chemistry straddles the disciplines of chemistry and biology and is in full expansion today. This discipline was born of the recent realisation that life is not solely organic but also “mineral”, and that no life can exist without metals.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9782722602748

2722602741