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