CHEM 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Bioinorganic Chemistry, Hydrogenase, Nitrogenase

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 312
• Professor: C Murphy

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Lecture 29: bioinorganic chemistry: general features; hydrogenases; nitrogenases. Bulk inorganic elements long been known to be essential . Blood known to contain iron since 17th century. Bioinorganic chemistry developed as a field after 1960 . First inorganic biochemistry symposium in 1970 . Sbic (society of biological inorganic chemistry) formed in 1995. This system is used when calculating gs and this is not what living systems are which begs the question can we trust our calculations when they are not reflective of the system that we are observing. The effect of copper ions on the height of oat seedlings. It depends on: dosage, individual health, and way of administration. Membrane-bound ion channel proteins and enzymes keep cell potential with different concentrations of ions across membrane. Transition elements relevant to bioinorganic chemistry: biometals. Po4 3- , xpo3 2- , s2- , h2o oh-