Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature, Volume 2 (eBook)

Astrid Sigel has studied languages and was an editor of the Metal Ions in Biological Systems series (until Volume 44) and also of the Handbooks on Toxicity of Inorganic Compounds (1988), on Metals in Clinical and Analytical Chemistry (1994; both with H.G. Seiler), and on Metalloproteins (2001; with Ivano Bertini) (Dekker, New York). Helmut Sigel is Emeritus Professor (2003) of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a previous editor of the MIBS series until Volume 44. He serves on various editorial and advisory boards, published over 300 articles on metal ion complexes of nucleotides, coenzymes, and other ligands of biological relevance, and lectured worldwide. He was named Protagonist in Chemistry (2002) by ICA (issue 339); among further honors are the P. Ray Award (Indian Chemical Society, of which he is also an Honorary Fellow), the Werner Award (Swiss Chemical Society), a Doctor of Science honoris causa degree (Kalyani University, India), appointments as Visiting Professor (e.g., Austria, China, UK) and Endowed Lectureships. Roland K.O. Sigel is Assistant Professor (2003) of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, endowed with a Förderungsprofessur of the Swiss National Science Foundation. He received his doctoral degree summa cum laude (1999) from the University of Dortmund, Germany, working with Bernhard Lippert; thereafter he spent nearly three years at Columbia University, New York, USA, in the group of Anna Marie Pyle (now Yale University); during the six years abroad he received several fellowships from various sources. His research focuses on the structural and catalytic role of metal ions in ribozymes, especially group II introns, and on related topics. He was also an editor of Volumes 43 and 44 of the MIBS series.

1 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF NICKEL AND ITS RELEASE INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT (Tiina M. Nieminen, Liisa Ukonmaanaho, Nicole
Rausch, and William Shotyk).

2 NICKEL IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS ROLE IN THE METABOLISM OF
PLANTS AND CYANOBACTERIA (Hendrik Küpper and Peter M.
H. Kroneck).

3 NICKEL ION COMPLEXES OF AMINO ACIDS AND PEPTIDES
(Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska, Henryk Kozlowski, Etelka Farkas, and
Imre Sóvágó).

4 COMPLEX FORMATION OF NICKEL(II) AND RELATED METAL IONS WITH
SUGAR RESIDUES, NUCLEOBASES, PHOSPHATES, NUCLEOTIDES, AND NUCLEIC
ACIDS (Roland K. O. Sigel and Helmut Sigel).

5 SYNTHETIC MODELS FOR THE ACTIVE SITES OF
NICKEL-CONTAINING ENZYMES (Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt and Franc
Meyer).

6 UREASE: RECENT INSIGHTS ON THE ROLE OF NICKEL
(Stefano Ciurli).

7 NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASES (Wolfgang Lubitz, Maurice
van Gastel, and Wolfgang Gärtner).

8 METHYL-COENZYME M REDUCTASE AND ITS NICKEL CORPHIN COENZYME
F430 IN METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA (Bernhard Jaun and
Rudolf K. Thauer).

9 ACETYL-COENZYME A SYNTHASES AND NICKEL-CONTAINING CARBON
MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASES (Paul A. Lindahl and David E.
Graham).

10 NICKEL SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (Peter A. Bryngelson
and Michael J. Maroney).

11 BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE NICKEL-DEPENDENT GLYOXALASE I
ENZYMES (Nicole Sukdeo, Elisabeth Daub, and John F.
Honek).

12 NICKEL IN ACIREDUCTONE DIOXYGENASE (Thomas C.
Pochapsky, Tingting Ju, Marina Dang, Rachel Beaulieu, Gina M.
Pagani, and Bo OuYang).

13 THE NICKEL-REGULATED PEPTIDYL PROLYL
CIS/TRANS ISOMERASE SlyD (Frank Erdmann and
Gunter Fischer).

14 CHAPERONES OF NICKEL METABOLISM (Soledad
Quiroz, Jong K. Kim, Scott B. Mulrooney, and Robert P.
Hausinger).

15 THE ROLE OF NICKEL IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION OF
THE GASTRIC PATHOGEN HELICOBACTER PYLORI
(Florian D. Ernst, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Manfred Kist,
Johannes G. Kusters, and Stefan Bereswill).

16 NICKEL-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION (Konstantin
Salnikow and Kazimierz S. Kasprzak).

17 NICKEL TOXICITY AND CARCINOGENESIS (Kazimierz S.
Kasprzak and Konstantin Salnikow).

SUBJECT INDEX.

"All chapters of the book are authoritatively written by experts
involved in the promotion of the field. The treatise is
comprehensive, it presents latest information, the articles are
well structured and easy to read and the text is fortified by
numerous well-designed features.... A superb book which serves the
novice, but even more the expert, in a this highly
interdisciplinary field." (Coordination Chemistry, January
2009)

"All chapters of the book are authoritatively written by experts
involved in the promotion of the field. The treatise is
comprehensive, it presents that latest information, the articles
are well structured and easy to read and the text is fortified by
numerous well-designed features ... .This is a superb book which
serves the novice, but even more the expert, in a this highly
interdisciplinary field." (Coordination Chemistry, January
2009)

"The biological role of nickel isn't a traditional category of
science. I can't think of any departments dedicated to nickel
biochemistry. All the more interesting then, to use this metal to
slice across the established classifications and think outside the
box." (Chemistry and Industry, December 2008)

"Recommended for most academic libraries and research
collections which support research in biological inorganic
chemistry, geochemistry, plant soil sciences, environment,
toxicity, and carcinogenesis." (E-Streams, September
2008)

"Those unfamiliar with the field can learn a good deal about
what was once a biological curiosity." (Doody's Health
Services)

"I particularly liked this book; the editors have done a great
job of consolidating the many and varied aspects..."
(Applied Organometallic Chemistry, November 2007)