PG Syllabus
PG Syllabus
PG Syllabus
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
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.