Bioinorganic Chemistry

3 credits

Examination of the involvement of inorganic chemistry in biological systems; structure and chemistry of metalloproteins and metalloenzymes. Nature of proteins, biomolecules, and simple bonding models of d-block compounds; iron and copper proteins involved with electron and oxygen transport and oxygen and nitrogen activation, various proteins of zinc and nickel. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: One of CHEM 204, CHEM 214 and one of CHEM 201, CHEM 210.