See helix and Cytochrome
See beta sheet, beta strand, beta turn and Cytochrome
See Soret band
See hapto and Asymmetry parameter
See donor atom symbol
See bridging ligand
Terms Starting with a Greek Letter
See helix and Cytochrome
See beta sheet, beta strand, beta turn and Cytochrome
See Soret band
See hapto and Asymmetry parameter
See donor atom symbol
See bridging ligand
Alphabetical List of Terms
Absolute configuration
Abzyme See catalytic antibody.
Achiral See chirality.
Acid
Acidity constant
Acid-labile sulfide
Aconitase
Active center
Active site See active center.
Adenosine 5'-triphosphate
Adrenodoxin
Aerobe
Albumin
Allosteric effector
Allosteric enzyme
Alpha() helix See helix.
Ambidentate
Amicyanin
Amino-acid residue (in a polypeptide)
Anabolism
Anemia
Anaerobe
Anation
Anisotropy
Anti
Antibody
Antiferromagnetic See ferromagnetic.
Antigen
Apoprotein
Aquation
Archaea
Assimilation
Assimilative See assimilation.
Assimilator See assimilation.
Asymmetric synthesis
Asymmetry parameter
ATP See adenosine 5'-triphosphate.
Auranofin See gold drugs.
Autotrophic organisms
Auxotroph
Azurin
Bacteriochlorin
Bacteriochlorophyll See chlorophyll.
Base
Base pairing
Basicity constant See acidity constant.
Beta() sheet
Beta() strand
Beta() turn
Bifunctional ligand
Binding constant See stability constant.
Binding site
Binuclear
Bioassay
Bioavailability
Biocatalyst
Bioconjugate
Bioconversion
Bioleaching
Biological half life
Biomass
Biomembrane
Biomimetic
Biomineralization
Biopolymers
Biosensor
Biotransformation
Bleomycin
BLM See bleomycin.
Blotting
Blue copper protein
Bone imaging
Brain imaging
Bridging ligand
Brønsted acid
Brønsted base
Cage
Calmodulin
Calpain
Carbonic anhydrase
Carbon monoxide dehydrogenases
Carboplatin
Cardiotech
Catabolism
Catalase
Catalytic antibody
CBS
CD See circular dichroism.
Central atom
Ceruloplasmin
Charge-transfer complex
Charge-transfer transition
Chaperonin
Chelation
Chelation therapy
Chemical shift See nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Chirality
Chlorin
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Chromophore
Circular dichroism
cis
Cisplatin
Clone
Cluster
Cobalamin
Codon
Coenzyme
Cofactor
Colloidal bismuth subcitrate See de-nol.
Comproportionation
Concanavalin A
Configuration
Conformation
Consensus sequence
Contrast agent
Cooperativity
Coordination
Corphin
Corrin
Crystal field
C-terminal amino-acid residue See amino-acid residue.
Curie relation See magnetic susceptibility.
Cytochrome
Cytochrome-c oxidase
Cytochrome P-450
Cytoplasm
Dehydrogenase
Denitrification
De-nol
Denticity
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Desferal See desferrioxamine.
Desferrioxamine
dfo See desferrioxamine.
Diamagnetic
Diastereoisomers
Dihydrofolate
Dinuclear See nuclearity.
Dioxygenase
Dismutase
Dismutation See disproportionation.
Disproportionation
Dissimilatory
Dissociation constant See stability constant.
DNA See deoxyribonucleic acid.
Domain
Donor atom symbol
Double helix
EC nomenclature for enzymes
EDRF See endothelium-derived relaxing facto.
EF-Hand
Electrode potential
Electron magnetic resonance spectroscopy. See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Electron-nuclear double resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
Electron spin-echo envelope modulation See electron spin-echo spectroscopy.
Electron spin-echo spectroscopy
Electron spin resonance spectroscopy See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Electron transfer protein
EMR
Enantiomer
Endogenous
ENDOR
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor
Entatic state
Enterobactin
Enterochelin See enterobactin.
Enzyme
EPR See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Equilibrium constant See acidity constant and stability constant.
ESE See electron spin-echo spectroscopy.
ESEEM
ESR
Eukaryotes
Ewens-Bassett number See oxidation number.
EXAFS
Exogenous
Exon
Expression
Extended X-ray absorption fine structure
F-430
FeMo-cofactor
Fenton reaction
Ferredoxin
Ferriheme
Ferritin
Ferrochelatase
Ferroheme
Ferromagnetic
[2Fe-2S]
[4Fe-4S]
Flavin
Fluxional
Folate coenzymes
Formation constant See stability constant.
Fur
Gamma() band
Gene
g-factor See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Gold drugs
Greek letters used as entry in this glossary
Guanylate cyclase
Haber-Weiss reaction
Half life
Haloperoxidase
Hapten
Hapto
Hard acid
Hard base
Helix
Heme
Hemerythrin
Hemochromatosis
Hemocyanin
Hemoglobin
Heterolysis
Heterotrophic organisms
High-spin See low-spin.
HiPIP
Holoenzyme
Homolysis
Hydration
Hydrogenase
Hydrolase
Hydrolysis
Hydron
Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic interaction
Hyperfine See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Imaging
Immunogold
Inert
Inhibition
Inhibitor
Insertion reaction
Intercalation compounds
Intron
Ion channel
Ionophore
Ion pumps
Iron-responsive element
Iron-responsive protein (IRP)
Iron-sulfur cluster
Iron-sulfur proteins
IRP See iron-responsive protein.
Ischemia
Isobacteriochlorin
Isoenzymes
Isomerase
Isotropy
Kappa()-convention See donor atom symbol.
Labile
Laccase
Lactoferrin
Leghemoglobin
Lewis acid
Lewis adduct
Lewis base
Ligand
Ligand field
Ligase
Ligating See ligand.
Lipoxygenase
Low-spin
Lyase
Macrophages
Magnetic circular dichroism
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic susceptibility
Magnetotactic
MCD See magnetic circular dichroism.
Menkes' disease
Met
Metabolism
Metalloenzyme
Metallo-immunoassay
Metallothionein
Metastable See stable.
Methane mono-oxygenase
Methanogens
Michaelis-Menten kinetics
Micronutrient
Mitochondria
Mixed valency
Moco See molybdenum cofactor.
Model
Molybdenum cofactor (Moco)
Molybdopterin
Mono-oxygenase
Mössbauer effect
Motif
MRI See magnetic resonance imaging.
Multicopper oxidases
Multienzyme
Multiheme
Mu()-symbol See bridging ligand.
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Myocrysin See gold drugs.
Myoglobin
NAD+
NADH
NADP+
NADPH
nif
Nitrate reductase
Nitrite reductase
Nitrogenase
Nitrogen fixation
NMR See nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
N-terminal amino-acid residue See amino-acid residue.
Nuclearity
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Nucleation
Nucleic acids
Nucleobases See nucleosides.
Nucleosides
Nucleotides
Octahedron See coordination.
ODMR See optically detected magnetic resonance.
OEC See oxygen-evolving complex.
Oligonucleotide
Operon
Optically detected magnetic resonance
Ovotransferrin
Oxidase
Oxidation number
Oxidative addition
Oxidoreductase
Oxygen-evolving complex
Paramagnetic
PCR See polymerase chain reaction.
Periplasm
Peroxidase
Phagocyte
Phosphatase
Phosphorylation
Photolysis
Photosynthesis
Photosystem
Phytochelatin
Picket-fence porphyrin
Plasma
Plasmid
Plastocyanin
Polydentate See chelation, donor atom symbol.
Polyhedral symbol
Polymerase chain reaction
Porphyrin
Power saturation
Primary structure
Prokaryote
Promoter
Prosthetic group
Protoporphyrin IX
Pterin
Racemic
Radical
Radionuclide
Rate-controlling step
Redox potential
Reductase See oxidoreductase.
Reductive elimination
Regulation
Relative configuration
Relaxation
Resonance Raman spectroscopy
Ribonucleic acids
Ribonucleotide reductases
Ribosomes
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
Rieske iron-sulfur protein
RNA See ribonucleic acids.
Rubisco See ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
Rubredoxin
Rubrerythrin
Rusticyanin
Scavenger
Schiff bases
Secondary structure
Sequence
Sequence-directed mutagenesis See mutagenesis.
Serum See plasma.
Siderophore
Siroheme
Site-directed mutagenesis See mutagenesis.
SOD See superoxide dismutase.
Soft acid See hard acid.
Soft base See hard base.
Solvation
Solvolysis
Soret band
Speciation
Spin label
Spin-orbit coupling
Spin probe See spin label.
Spin-spin coupling
Spin trapping
Square plane See coordination.
Stability constant
Stable
Steady state
Stellacyanin
Stereochemical
Stereoisomeric
Stock number See oxidation number.
Substrates
Subunit
Sulfite reductase
Superhyperfine See electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Superoxide dismutases
Supramolecular chemistry
Syn See anti.
Synthase
Synthetase See ligase.
Tertiary structure
Tetrahedron See coordination.
Tetrahydrofolates
Thalassemia
Therapeutic index
Thermolysin
Thermolysis
Thylakoids
Toxicity
Trace elements
trans
Transcription
Transduction
Transferase
Transferrin
Transition element
Translation
Trapping
Type 1,2,3 copper
Tyrosinase
Vitamin B-12. See cobalamin.
XANES
Xenobiotic
X-ray absorption near edge structure See extended X-ray absorption fine structure.
Zinc finger
Zwitterionic compound
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