Molecular Properties V2

Walter Lovenberg

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780124560024
• eBook ISBN: 9780323154291
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Biophysics

Molecular Properties, Volume II is a collection of papers that deals with the physical and chemical properties of iron-sulfur proteins, with emphasis on the theory and application of physicochemical techniques related to metalloproteins. One paper describes the chemical properties of simple iron-sulfur proteins focusing on chloroplast, bacterial-type ferredoxins, and the nature of the active site in the ferredoxins. Another paper notes that rubredoxin sequences can offer phylogenetic, evolutionary, or genetic data. The paper shows that rubredoxins from aerobic and anaerobic bacteria have originated from some common ancestor. One paper analyzes the chemical and physical properties of rubredoxin and the way they relate to the structure resulting from an X-ray diffraction. The investigator can use electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy, or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to determine the structural and functional features of simple and conjugated iron-sulfur proteins. He can also use a proton magnetic resonance (PMR) spectroscopy to study the structures and interactions of proteins in solution, such as ribonuclease, lysozyme, and the heme proteins (hemoglobins or myoglobins). Cellular biologists, micro-biologists, bio-chemists, and scientists involved in biological systems research will find this collection very informative.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Molecular Properties
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Contents of Volume I
• Chapter 1. The Chemical Properties of Ferredoxins
• Chapter 2. The Types, Distribution in Nature, Structure-Function, and Evolutionary Data of the Iron–Sulfur Proteins
• Chapter 3. The Iron–Sulfur Complex in Rubredoxin
• Chapter 4. Crystal and Molecular Structure of Rubredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum
• Chapter 5. Probing Iron–Sulfur Proteins with EPR and ENDOR Spectroscopy
• Chapter 6. Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Iron–Sulfur Proteins
• Chapter 7. NMR Spectroscopy of the Iron–Sulfur Proteins
• Chapter 8. Current Insights into the Active Center of Spinach Ferredoxin and Other Iron–Sulfur Proteins
• Author Index
• Subject Index