Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature: Metal Ions in Life Sciences Vol.2

Helmut Sigel, Astrid Sigel and Roland K.O. Sigel, in close cooperation with John Wiley & Sons, launch a new Series “Metal Ions in Life Sciences”. The philosophy of the Series is based on the one successfully applied to a previous series published by another publisher, but the move from “biological systems” to “life sciences” will open the aims and scope and allow for the publication of books touching on the interface between chemistry, biology, pharmacology, biochemistry and medicine. Volume 2 focuses on the vibrant research area concerning nickel as well as its complexes and their role in Nature. With more than 2,800 references and over 130 illustrations, it is an essential resource for scientists working in the wide range from inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine. In 17 stimulating chapters, written by 47 internationally recognized experts, Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature highlights critically the biogeochemistry of nickel, its role in the environment, in plants and cyanobacteria, as well as for the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, for gene expression and carcinogenensis. In addition, it covers the complex-forming properties of nickel with amino acids, peptides, phosphates, nucleotides, and nucleic acids. The volume also provides sophisticated insights in the recent progress made in understanding the role of nickel in enzymes such as ureases, hydrogenases, superoxide dismutases, acireductone dioxygenases, acetyl-coenzyme A synthases, carbon monoxide dehydrogenases, methyl-coenzyme M reductases...and it reveals the chaperones of nickel metabolism. Volume 2 focuses on the vibrant research area concerning nickel as well as its complexes and their role in Nature. With more than 2800 references and over 130 illustrations, it is an essential resource for scientists working in the wide range from inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine. In 17 stimulating chapters, written by 47 internationally recognized experts, Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature highlights critically the biogeochemistry of nickel, its role in the environment, in plants and cyanobacteria, as well as for the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, for gene expression and carcinogenensis. In addition, it covers the complex-forming properties of nickel with amino acids, peptides, phosphates, nucleotides, and nucleic acids. The volume also provides sophisticated insights in the recent progress made in understanding the role of nickel in enzymes such as ureases, hydrogenases, superoxide dismutases, acireductone dioxygenases, acetyl-coenzyme A synthases, carbon monoxide dehydrogenases, methyl-coenzyme M reductases ... and it reveals the chaperones of nickel metabolism. The book opens with the biogeochemistry of this element and its release into the environment, which occurs from both natural and anthropogenic sources, whereby atmospheric distribution plays an important role. In the second chapter the impact of nickel on the metabolism of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic plants including deficiency and toxicity is considered, as is the application of nickel hyperaccumulator plants for phytomining and phytoremediation. Complex formation of nickel(II/III) with amino acids and peptides as well as of nickel(II) with sugar residues, nucleobases, phosphates, nucleosides, and nucleic acids is summarized in Chapters 3 and 4, respectively, by also taking into account intramolecular equilibria and comparisons with related metal ions Biogeochemistry of nickel and its release into the environment / by Tiina M. Nieminen ... [et al.] Nickel in the environment and its role in the metabolism of plants and cyanobacteria / by Hendrik Köpper and Peter M.H. Kroneck Nickel ion complexes of amino acids and peptides / by Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska ... [et al.] Complex formation of nickel (II) with sugar residues, nucleobases, phosphates, nucleotides, and nucleic acids / by Roland K.O. Sigel and Helmut Sigel Synthetic models for the active sites of nickel-containing enzymes / by Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt and Franc Meyer Urease: recent insights in the role of nickel / by Stefano Ciurli Nickel iron hydrogenases / by Wolfgang Lubitz, Maurice van Gastel, and Wolfgang Gärtner Methyl-coenzyme M reductase and its nickel corphin coenzyme F430 in methanogenic archaea / by Bernhard Jaun and Rudolf K. Thauer Acetyl-coenzyme A synthases and nickel-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases / by Paul A. Lindahl and David E. Graham Nickel superoxide dismutase / by Peter A. Bryngelson and Michael J. Maroney Biochemistry of the nickel-dependent glyoxalase I enzymes / by Nicole Sukdeo, Elisabeth Daub, and John F. Honek Nickel in acireductone dioxygenase / by Thomas C. Pochapsky ... [et al.] The nickel-regulated peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase slyD / by Frank Erdmann and Gunter Fischer Chaperones of nickel metabolism / by Soledad Quiroz ... [et al.] The role of nickel in environmental adaptation of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori / by Florian D. Ernst ... [et al.] Nickel-dependent gene expression / by Konstantin Salnikow and Kazimierz Kasprzak Nickel toxicity and carcinogenesis / by Kazimierz S. Kasprzak and Konstantin Salnikow. Helmut Sigel, Astrid Sigel and Roland K.O. Sigel, in close cooperation with John Wiley & Sons, launch a new Series 'Metal Ions in Life Sciences'. The philosophy of the Series is based on the one successfully applied to a previous series published by another publisher, but the move from 'biological systems' to 'life sciences' will open the aims and scope and allow for the publication of books touching on the interface between chemistry, biology, pharmacology, biochemistry and medicine.

Volume 2 focuses on the vibrant research area concerning nickel as well as its complexes and their role in Nature. With more than 2,800 references and over 130 illustrations, it is an essential resource for scientists working in the wide range from inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine.

In 17 stimulating chapters, written by 47 internationally recognized experts, Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature highlights critically the biogeochemistry of nickel, its role in the environment, in plants and cyanobacteria, as well as for the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, for gene expression and carcinogenensis. In addition, it covers the complex-forming properties of nickel with amino acids, peptides, phosphates, nucleotides, and nucleic acids. The volume also provides sophisticated insights in the recent progress made in understanding the role of nickel in enzymes such as ureases, hydrogenases, superoxide dismutases, acireductone dioxygenases, acetyl-coenzyme A synthases, carbon monoxide dehydrogenases, methyl-coenzyme M reductases...and it reveals the chaperones of nickel metabolism.

Choosing a systematic approach, from the basics to applications, the editors of Biomineralization: From Nature to Application deal with key biological features of biomineralization, such as gene directed growth and the role of enzymes.