CHEM 132 Inorganic Biochemistry
The role of metal ions in biological systems. Topics include metal
ion transport, storage, and interaction with proteins and nucleic acids;
metalloproteins involved in oxygen transport and electron transfer;
metalloenzymes involved in activation of oxygen and other substrates;
and medicinal, toxicity, and carcinogenicity aspects of metals; as well
as inorganic model chemistry of bioinorganic systems. Several physical
methods are introduced, and their application to current research on the
above topics is considered.
Instructor
Pletneva
Cross Listed Courses
CHEM 92 and
BIOC 132