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M. Sc. Final<br />

PAPER IV (b)- BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY<br />

1. Metalloenzymes<br />

Zinc enzymes - carboxypeptidase, carbonic anhydrase; Copper enzymes - superoxide dismutase;<br />

Mobybdenum - xanthine oxidase; Coenzyme vitamin B 12 .<br />

2. Bioenergetics and ATP cycle<br />

Glucose storage, metal complexes in transmission of energy, chlorophylls, Photosystem I and<br />

photosystem II in cleavage of water.<br />

3. Transport and Storage of Dioxygen<br />

Heme proteins and oxygen uptake, Structure and function of hemoglobin, myoglobin, hemocyanins and<br />

hemerythrin, model synthetic complexes of iron.<br />

4. Electron Transfer in Biology<br />

Structure and function of metalloproteins in electron transport process - cytochromes and iron - sulphur<br />

proteins, synthetic models.<br />

5. Nitrogenase<br />

Biological nitrogen fixation, molybdenum nitrogenase, other nitrogenase model systems.<br />

6. Metal Storage, Transport and Biomineralization<br />

Ferritin, transferrin and siderophores<br />

7. Metals in Medicine<br />

BOOKS :<br />

Metal deficiency and diseases, toxic effects of metals, metals used for diagnosis and chemotherapy with<br />

particular reference to anticancer drugs.<br />

1. Bioinorganic Chemistry. R. N. Hay. Wiley. 1984.<br />

2. The Inorganic Chemistry of Biological Processes. M. M. Hughes. Wiley 1981.<br />

3. An Introduction to bioinorganic Chemistry. El Ichiro ochai. Allyn. 1977.<br />

4. Inorganic Chemistry : Principles of structure and reactivity. J.E. Huheey Harper. 1983.<br />

5. Advanced inorganic Chemistry. F.A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson. Wiley. 1999.

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