The Biochemistry of Inorganic Compounds of Sulphur

This 1970 text brings together the scattered literature of sulphur biochemistry, the importance of which had only recently become apparent.

A. B. Roy (Author), P. A. Trudinger (Author)

9780521143066, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 April 2010

420 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.61 kg

Inorganic compounds of sulphur are widely found in living organisms, and are involved in steroid metabolism, diseases of the central nervous system, soil fertility, and the evolution of life. The importance of sulphur biochemistry, when this book was first published in 1970, had, however, only recently become apparent: this text brings together the scattered literature of the subject, and provides a balanced account of what was known. The enzymes concerned with the activation and transfer of sulphur groups are dealt with first. This is followed by a discussion of the metabolism of sulphur compounds in micro-organisms, animals, and plants. The clinical chemistry of sulphur and the economic importance of sulphur metabolism are considered; chapters on the chemistry, preparation and analysis of sulphur compounds are included. There is a guide to the nomenclature of the compounds.

Preface
A note on the nomenclature of sulphur-containing compounds
Abbreviations
List of enzymes
1. Introduction
2. The chemistry of some sulphur compounds
3. The preparation of some biologically important compounds of sulphur
4. The analysis of some sulphur compounds
5. The activation of sulphate ions
6. The sulphotransferases
7. the sulphates
8. Rhodanese and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulphurtransferase
9. Oxidation of inorganic sulphur compounds by micro-organisms and plants
10. Reduction of inorganic sulphur compounds by micro-organisms and plants
11. The metabolism in animals of inorganic sulphur compounds
13. Economic aspects of inorganic sulphur metabolism
Bibliography
Indices.

Subject Areas: Cellular biology [cytology PSF], Molecular biology [PSD]