先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
Bioinorganic Chemistry is a cross-discipline course, which covers inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical
chemistry and biochemistry. This course is targeted to senior undergraduate and junior postgraduate students in
chemistry who develop a strong background in inorganic chemistry and has strong interests in biological inorganic
systems. This course will cover basic and frontier concepts/knowledge of bioinorganic chemistry, such as molecular
mechanisms of life, nitrogen fixation.
The students should develop basic or strong concepts/knowledge of bioinorganic chemistry and develop cross-discipline
viewpoints.
课程内容及教学日历 (如授课语言以英文为主,则课程内容介绍可以用英文;如团队教学或模块教学,教学日历须注明
主讲人)
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
I. Introduction and Overview: Coordination Chemistry (1 week)
II. Metal ions and proteins: Binding, stability, folding transport and storage (2 weeks)
III. Hydrolytic chemistry (2 weeks)
IV. Electron transfer, respiration and photosynthesis (2 weeks)
V. Oxygen metabolism (2 weeks)
VI. Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolism (2 weeks)
VII. Metalloenzymes with radical intermediates (2 weeks)
VIII. Metal ion receptors and signaling (1 week)
IX. Metals in medicine (1 week)
X. Student Presentation (1 week)
教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings