Biological Inorganic Chemistry
A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function
- 4th Edition - August 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Author: Robert R. Crichton
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 4 2 5 1 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 4 4 2 5 2 - 0
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Biological Inorganic Chemistry: A New Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function, Fourth Edition, provides an up-to-date discussion of the biochemical aspects of metals in living systems. The ever-changing world of metals in biology necessitates updating at regular intervals, and this comprehensive revision explores topics ranging from metallostasis, the use of non-canonical amino acids, and the design of artificial metalloenzymes, to name just a few. The fourth edition begins with an overview of metals and selected nonmetals in biology, providing an introduction to basic coordination chemistry for biologists and structural and molecular biology for chemists. The fourth edition of Biological Inorganic Chemistry contains the essential concepts of the previous editions, in a more accessible package. Topics include: metal assimilation pathways; transport, storage, and homeostasis of metal ions; sodium and potassium channels and pumps; magnesium phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors; calcium and cellular signaling; the catalytic role of several classes of mononuclear zinc enzymes; the biological chemistry of iron; and copper chemistry and biochemistry. Now in its Fourth Edition, this popular and twice-award-winning resource highlights recent exciting discoveries and provides a thorough foundation for students, instructors, and researchers alike, all approaching the field from a variety of backgrounds.
• Includes a thorough survey of metals in biological systems: in the human body, in medicine and in the environment
• Previous winner (Second and Third Editions) of the 2013 and 2019 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Text and Academic Authors Association
• Features new and revised content on topics including: Metallostasis – Metal Assimilation, Utilization and Homeostasis; Metals in Brain and in Neurodegenerative Disorders; Metals in Medicine; Metals as Drugs; and Metal Toxicity in the Environment
• Showcases numerous illustrations, diagrams, and figures that provide clarity and additional context to the subjects at hand
• Previous winner (Second and Third Editions) of the 2013 and 2019 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Text and Academic Authors Association
• Features new and revised content on topics including: Metallostasis – Metal Assimilation, Utilization and Homeostasis; Metals in Brain and in Neurodegenerative Disorders; Metals in Medicine; Metals as Drugs; and Metal Toxicity in the Environment
• Showcases numerous illustrations, diagrams, and figures that provide clarity and additional context to the subjects at hand
Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students majoring in chemistry or related fields
Chapter 1: The role of metals in biology: an overview
Chapter 2: Coordination Chemistry
Chapter 3: Structural and molecular biology
Chapter 4: Biological ligands for metal ions
Chapter 5: Intermediary metabolism and bioenergetics
Chapter 6: Methods to study metals in biological systems
Chapter 7: Metallostasis – metal assimilation, utilisation and homeostasis
Chapter 8: Sodium and Potassium – channels and pumps
Chapter 9: Magnesium - phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors
Chapter 10: Calcium – structural component and cellular signalling
Chapter 11: Zinc – Lewis acid, gene regulator, cellular signalling
Chapter 12: Iron – Essential for Almost All Life
Chapter 13: Copper – coping with oxygen
Chapter 14: Nickel and Cobalt: Evolutionary Relics
Chapter 15: Manganese –oxygen generation and detoxification
Chapter 16: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Vanadium and Chromium
Chapter 17: Biomineralisation
Chapter 18: Metals in brain and in neurodegenerative disorders
Chapter 19: Metals in medicine, metals as drugs and environmental metal toxicity
Chapter 2: Coordination Chemistry
Chapter 3: Structural and molecular biology
Chapter 4: Biological ligands for metal ions
Chapter 5: Intermediary metabolism and bioenergetics
Chapter 6: Methods to study metals in biological systems
Chapter 7: Metallostasis – metal assimilation, utilisation and homeostasis
Chapter 8: Sodium and Potassium – channels and pumps
Chapter 9: Magnesium - phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors
Chapter 10: Calcium – structural component and cellular signalling
Chapter 11: Zinc – Lewis acid, gene regulator, cellular signalling
Chapter 12: Iron – Essential for Almost All Life
Chapter 13: Copper – coping with oxygen
Chapter 14: Nickel and Cobalt: Evolutionary Relics
Chapter 15: Manganese –oxygen generation and detoxification
Chapter 16: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Vanadium and Chromium
Chapter 17: Biomineralisation
Chapter 18: Metals in brain and in neurodegenerative disorders
Chapter 19: Metals in medicine, metals as drugs and environmental metal toxicity
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2027
- Language: English
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Robert R. Crichton
Dr. Robert R. Crichton is an Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Science, Universite Catholique de Louvain in the new town of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, where he taught biochemistry to students of chemistry, biology and veterinary medicine and directed the Biochemistry Unit. He has published over two hundred scientific articles and since 1985 has organized over twenty Advanced Courses on Metals in Biology in Louvain-la-Neuve, training over 1300 doctoral and post-doctoral students, many of whom are today leaders in this field.
The Second and Third Editions of Biological Inorganic Chemistry: An Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function received the 2013 and 2019 TEXTY Textbook Excellence Awards in Physical Sciences respectively from the Text and Academic Authors Association.
Affiliations and expertise
Unite de Biochimie, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium