Joan S Valentine

Active Oxygen in Biochemistry

Herausgeber: Foote, Christopher; Valentine, Joan Selverstone; Greenberg, A.; Foote, C.; Valentine, J S; Greenberg, Arthur; Liebman, Joel F

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume surveys oxidation activities in key biological systems, including heme proteins and enzymes, oxygenases and oxidases, photosynthetic systems, and cell and tissue damage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9780751402933
• ISBN-10: 0751402931
• Artikelnr.: 42927702

Inhaltsangabe

Biological reactions of dioxygen: an introduction. Oxygen activation by
flavins and pterins. Reactions of dioxygen and its reduced forms with heme
proteins and model porphyrin complexes. Dioxygen reactivity in copper
proteins and complexes. Oxygen activation at nonheme iron centers. The
mechanism of lipoxygenases. The biological significance of
oxygen-derivative species. Metal-complex-catalyzed cleavage of biopolymers.
Exploration of selected pathways for metabolic oxidative ring opening of
benzene based upon estimates of molecular energetics. The role of oxidized
lipids in cardiovascular disease. References. Index.