2. Chemistry of iron-sulfur clusters

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Tracey A. Rouault biography VII
4. Contents IX
5. List of contributing authors XVII
6. 1. Iron-sulfur proteins: a historical perspective 1
7. 2. Chemistry of iron-sulfur clusters 11
8. 3. From the quantum chemistry of iron-sulfur clusters to redox energetics and reaction pathways in metalloenzymes 21
9. 4. Bioinorganic spectroscopy of iron sulfur proteins— an overview 77
10. 5. Quantitative interpretation of EPR spectroscopy with applications for iron-sulfur proteins 135
11. 6. The utility of Mössbauer spectroscopy in eukaryotic cell biology and animal physiology 163
12. 7. The interstitial carbide of the nitrogenase M-cluster: insertion pathway and possible function 191
13. 8. The iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase 205
14. 9. Biotin synthase: a role for iron-sulfur clusters in the radical-mediated generation of carbon-sulfur bonds 223
15. 10. Molybdenum-containing iron-sulfur enzymes 249
16. 11. The role of iron-sulfur clusters in the biosynthesis of the lipoyl cofactor 327
17. 12. Iron-sulfur clusters and molecular oxygen: function, adaptation, degradation, and repair 359
18. 13. Reactivity of iron-sulfur clusters with nitric oxide 387
19. Index 439