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MILS-15 provides an up-to-date review of the metalloenzymes
involved in the activation, production, and conversion of molecular
oxygen as well as the functionalization of the chemically inert
gases methane and ammonia. Found either in aerobes (humans,
animals, plants, microorganisms) or in anaerobes (so-called
"impossible bacteria") these enzymes employ preferentially iron and
copper at their active sites, in order to conserve energy by
redox-driven proton pumps, to convert methane to methanol, or
ammonia to hydroxylamine or other compounds. When it comes to the
light-driven production of molecular oxygen, the tetranuclear
manganese cluster of photosystem II must be regarded as the key
player. However, dioxygen can also be produced in the dark, by heme
iron-dependent dismutation of oxyanions. Metalloenzymes Mastering
Dioxygen and Other Chewy Gases is a vibrant research area based
mainly on structural and microbial biology, inorganic biological
chemistry, and environmental biochemistry. All this is covered in
an authoritative manner in 7 stimulating chapters, written by 21
internationally recognized experts, and supported by nearly 1100
references, informative tables, and over 140 illustrations (many in
color). MILS-15 provides excellent information for teaching; it is
also closely related to MILS-14, The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry
of Gaseous Compounds in the Environment. Peter M. H. Kroneck is a
bioinorganic chemist who is exploring the role of transition metals
in biology, with a focus on functional and structural aspects of
microbial iron, copper, and molybdenum enzymes and their impact on
the biogeochemical cyles of nitrogen and sulfur. Martha E. Sosa
Torres is an inorganic chemist, with special interests in magnetic
properties of newly synthesized transition metal complexes and
their reactivity towards molecular oxygen, applying kinetic,
electrochemical, and spectroscopic techniques.
MILS-14 provides a most up-to-date view of the exciting
biogeochemistry of gases in our environment as driven mostly by
microorganisms. These employ a machinery of sophisticated
metalloenzymes, where especially transition metals (such as Fe, Ni,
Cu, Mo, W) play a fundamental role, that is, in the activation,
transformation and syntheses of gases like dihydrogen, methane,
carbon monoxide, acetylene and those of the biological nitrogen and
sulfur cycles. The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry of Gaseous
Compounds in the Environment is a vibrant research area based
mainly on structural and microbial biology, inorganic biological
chemistry and environmental biochemistry. All this is covered in an
authoritative manner in 11 stimulating chapters, written by 26
internationally recognized experts and supported by nearly 1200
references, informative tables and about 100 illustrations (two
thirds in color). MILS-14 also provides excellent information for
teaching. Peter M. H. Kroneck is a bioinorganic chemist who is
exploring the role of transition metals in biology, with a focus on
functional and structural aspects of microbial iron, copper and
molybdenum enzymes and their impact on the biogeochemical cycles of
nitrogen and sulfur. Martha E. Sosa Torres is an inorganic chemist,
with special interests in magnetic properties of newly synthesized
transition metal complexes and their reactivity towards molecular
oxygen, applying kinetic, electrochemical and spectroscopic
techniques.
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