The biochemistry of iron and copper.

Dioxygen binding, transport and utilization in hemoglobin, hemocyanin and

hemerythrin.

Biological and synthetic dioxygen carriers.

Metal-sulfide proteins: Ferredoxin and nitrogenases.

Metalloporphyrins and Respiration: Cytochromes. Electron transfer

reactions.

Metalloenzymes: Carbonic anhydrase, carboxypeptidase and vitamin

 BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
discipline at the interface between inorganic chemistry and
biology
When one considers the chemistry of biological processes, the boundary between inorganic and organic

chemistry is blurred.
BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY

discipline at the interface between inorganic chemistry and biology

Books to follow

Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity

H. B. Gray, E. I. Stiefel, J. Selverstone Valentine, I. Bertini, Eds., University
Science Books, 2006

Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry

S. J. Lippard, J. M. Berg.
University Science Books, 1994

The long history of iron in the Universe and in health and disease
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2012, 1820, 161-187
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Ionic radii and (biological) complexation of metal
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The roles of hemoglobin and myoglobin in O₂ and CO₂ transport

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