Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• list the important molecular building blocks of living systems
• identify essential, toxic and medicinal elements
• explain the typical roles of metals in the body
• relate the medicinal uses of metals to their coordination chemistry
• recognize the role of coordination chemistry in drug design

• Section 13.5 (in [main text] Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley)
  [fundamentals focused alternative] Blackman, Bridgeman, Lawrie, Southam, Thompson and Williamson, Chemistry: Core Concepts, 2015 (John Wiley) )

Guided tour of metalloproteins Description: Structures of important biological molecules with metals at the active site Tags: metalloproteins | metalloenzymes Contributed by Adam Bridgeman