Titre :	The Chemistry of Biology : Basis and Origin of Evolution
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Armin Börner ; Juliana Zeidler
Editeur :	Londres : Springer
Année de publication :	2023
Importance :	1 vol. (222 p.)
Présentation :	ill.en coul.
Format :	24 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-3-662-66520-6
Langues :	Anglais
Catégories :	Biologie ( B-Cellulaire - B-Animale - B-Végétale - B-moléculaire - Cytologie ) Chimie ( Organique -Générale- Théorique - Analytique -Quantique - Géochimie - Physique )
Mots-clés :	- Chimie : Biologie - Chemistry of Biology
Index. décimale :	540 Chimie et sciences connexes
Résumé :	Living Organisms are distinguished by their chemical basis. Thus, knowledge of the properties of the elements and the interactions of the resulting compounds is a prerequisite for understanding biology. Chemistry answers the questions of why, among the more than 100 elements of the periodic table (PSE), carbon and not silicon is the dominant element in biology and why precious metals, such as gold and silver, do not play a role. The PSE provides information about why phosphoric acid and not sulfuric acid acts as a bridge in polynucleic acids and why DNA had to evolve from RNA. At the same time, only chemistry makes clear why D-glucose is so central in building biopolymers such as cellulose and glycogen, and why the citrate cycle is logically self-contained and without alternative. Biochemistry is also a synthesis chemistry that differs from "man-made" synthesis chemistry "only" in terms of the framework conditions. Individuals are selected from the multitude of elements of the PSE and the almost infinite number of chemical compounds. The selection is based on the environmental conditions on Earth, such as moderate temperatures, preferably atmospheric pressure, solvent water and as primary reaction partner oxygen.
Note de contenu :	Sommaire: -1- The Periodic Table of Elements and Basic Consequences for the Structure of Natural Substances and the Course of Biochemical Processes. -2- Extrinsic Properties that Favor the Occurrence of Elements in Biological Context. -3- The Derivatization of Inorganic Compounds with Carbon Residues. -4- The Singular Properties of Carbon as the Basis for the Emergence of Life -5- From Chemical Structures and Individual Reactions to Complex Biochemical Networks. -6- Determinism, Flexibility, and Contingency in Biochemistry -7- Synthetic Chemistry” versus Biochemistry

The Chemistry of Biology : Basis and Origin of Evolution [texte imprimé] / Armin Börner ; Juliana Zeidler . - Londres : Springer, 2023 . - 1 vol. (222 p.) : ill.en coul. ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-3-662-66520-6
Langues : Anglais

Catégories :	Biologie ( B-Cellulaire - B-Animale - B-Végétale - B-moléculaire - Cytologie ) Chimie ( Organique -Générale- Théorique - Analytique -Quantique - Géochimie - Physique )
Mots-clés :	- Chimie : Biologie - Chemistry of Biology
Index. décimale :	540 Chimie et sciences connexes
Résumé :	Living Organisms are distinguished by their chemical basis. Thus, knowledge of the properties of the elements and the interactions of the resulting compounds is a prerequisite for understanding biology. Chemistry answers the questions of why, among the more than 100 elements of the periodic table (PSE), carbon and not silicon is the dominant element in biology and why precious metals, such as gold and silver, do not play a role. The PSE provides information about why phosphoric acid and not sulfuric acid acts as a bridge in polynucleic acids and why DNA had to evolve from RNA. At the same time, only chemistry makes clear why D-glucose is so central in building biopolymers such as cellulose and glycogen, and why the citrate cycle is logically self-contained and without alternative. Biochemistry is also a synthesis chemistry that differs from "man-made" synthesis chemistry "only" in terms of the framework conditions. Individuals are selected from the multitude of elements of the PSE and the almost infinite number of chemical compounds. The selection is based on the environmental conditions on Earth, such as moderate temperatures, preferably atmospheric pressure, solvent water and as primary reaction partner oxygen.
Note de contenu :	Sommaire: -1- The Periodic Table of Elements and Basic Consequences for the Structure of Natural Substances and the Course of Biochemical Processes. -2- Extrinsic Properties that Favor the Occurrence of Elements in Biological Context. -3- The Derivatization of Inorganic Compounds with Carbon Residues. -4- The Singular Properties of Carbon as the Basis for the Emergence of Life -5- From Chemical Structures and Individual Reactions to Complex Biochemical Networks. -6- Determinism, Flexibility, and Contingency in Biochemistry -7- Synthetic Chemistry” versus Biochemistry