Metals in Biology
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
Textbook and eBook References
ChemCAL, iChem and Contributed Resources
Guided tour of metalloproteins
Description: Structures of important biological molecules with metals at the active site
Tags: metalloproteins | metalloenzymes
Contributed by Adam Bridgeman
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