1. Historical Background, Current Relevance and Perspectives 2. Some General Principles 3. Cobalamins, Including Vitamin and Coenzyme B12 4. Metals at the Center of Photosynthesis: Magnesium and Manganese 5.The Dioxygen Molecule, O2: Uptake, Transport and Storage of an Inorganic Natural Product 6. Catalysis through Hemoproteins: Electron Transfer, Oxygen Activation and Metabolism of Inorganic Intermediates 7. Iron–Sulfur and Other Non-heme Iron Proteins 8 Uptake, Transport and Storage of an Essential Element, as Exemplified by Iron 9. Nickelcontaining Enzymes: The Remarkable Career of a Long-overlooked Biometal 10. Copper-containing Proteins: An Alternative to Biological Iron 11. Biological Functions of the ¡°Early¡± Transition Metals: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Vanadium and Chromium 12. Zinc: Structural and Gene-regulatory Functions and the Enzymatic Catalysis of Hydrolysis and Condensation Reactions 13. Unequally Distributed Electrolytes: Function and Transport of Alkali and Alkaline Earth 14. Catalysis and Regulation of Bioenergetic Processes by the Alkaline Earth Metal Ions 15. Biomineralization: The Controlled Assembly of ¡°Advanced Materials¡± in Biology 16. Biological Functions of the Nonmetallic Inorganic Elements 17. The Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Quintessentially Toxic Metals 18. Biochemical Behavior of Radionuclides and Medical Imaging Using Inorganic Compounds 19. Chemotherapy Involving Nonessential Elements ¢ºIndex.
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