- EAN13
- 9782722602748
- Éditeur
- Collège de France
- Date de publication
- 05/02/2014
- Collection
- Leçons inaugurales
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Chemistry of Biological Processes: an Introduction
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 26 February 2009
Marc Fontecave
Collège de France
Leçons inaugurales
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Life depends on the ability of living organisms to effectively harness the
chemical potential of their environment, namely the sun, for energy, and a
certain number of molecules which exist on the Earth’s surface, such as water,
oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. These molecules need to be activated if
benefit is to be derived from them, which requires profound electronic
modifications that only metal ions can provide. Truly extraordinary
metalloenzymes with highly subtle mechanisms are responsible for this
activation. Bioinorganic chemistry straddles the disciplines of chemistry and
biology and is in full expansion today. This discipline was born of the recent
realisation that life is not solely organic but also “mineral”, and that no
life can exist without metals.
chemical potential of their environment, namely the sun, for energy, and a
certain number of molecules which exist on the Earth’s surface, such as water,
oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. These molecules need to be activated if
benefit is to be derived from them, which requires profound electronic
modifications that only metal ions can provide. Truly extraordinary
metalloenzymes with highly subtle mechanisms are responsible for this
activation. Bioinorganic chemistry straddles the disciplines of chemistry and
biology and is in full expansion today. This discipline was born of the recent
realisation that life is not solely organic but also “mineral”, and that no
life can exist without metals.
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