Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM 426)

The alkali metals and alkaline earth cations in biosystems. 1) Non-redox metalloenzymes. 2) Oxygen carriers and oxygen transport proteins, electron transfer and photosynthesis. 3) Heam proteins and copper proteins in redox reactions, vitamin B12. 4) Nitrogen fixation and iron-molybdenum-sulphur proteins. 5) Metal ion transport and storage. 6) Metals and non-metals in biology and medicine 7) Physical measurements.