498 INDEX
intron, 238–261, 240f, 246f, 256f,
259t, 301
repair, 274
RNA polymerase, 55
RNAi, 54
rRNA, 54, 238–242, 245
Rubidium (Rb), 190t, 193, 211
Rubredoxin (Rd), 22, 24, 135t, 455
Sanger sequencing method, 58, 62
Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), 95–96,
195, 201, 301, 327–328, 338
Scanning electron microscope (SEM),
142
Scanning tunneling microscope (STM),
142
Scattering:
X-ray absorption spectrometry,
79–80, 83
X-ray crystallography, 87, 89, 89f,
92–93, 465
Scientifi c World, 185
Second-order rate law, 9–12
Self-assembly
porphyrins and, 354
cytochrome c folding and, 422
Self-consistent reaction fi eld (SCRF),
161, 178
Self-exchange, electron transfer process,
25, 57–58
cytochrome c and, 415
Semiempirical methods, 161, 170, 173 –
175, 177, 179 –18 0
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs), 63
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), 59
Site-directed mutagenesis, 56–58
Slater-type orbitals (STOs), 170 –171,
173
Sodium (Na), see also see Na+/K+-
ATPase, 1, 2t, 4t, 7t, 9, 9t, 141,
150, 197
active transport and, 197–199, 198f
homeostasis and, 190 –192, 190t, 192–
193, 197t
passive diffusion and, 197
Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide
gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE),
41
Sodium-potassium ATPase, see Na+/K+-ATPase
Sodium pump, see see Na+/K+-ATPase
Soft cations, 6–7, 7t, 8, 242, 252, 268
Southern blot technique, 59
Spectrochemical series, 16
Spectroscopy, characteristics of, see
alsospecifi c types of
spectroscopy, 77–78
Spin-echo method, 108, 129, 243, 289
Spin-orbit coupling, 125–127, 125f
Spin-spin coupling, see nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR)
Spin-spin decoupling, see nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR)
Square-planar complexes, 6t, 10, 14–17,
14f, 15f, 18t, 19, 20f
Stability constants, 8–9
Stereoviewing, 58, 182
Stigmatellin, 167–170, 385f, 391, 393,
397, 398f, 400, 402, 403
STO-3G, 161, 171
Stochastics, 165
Stop codon, 56
Stopped-fl ow kinetics, 143 –14 4, 354,
423, 426, 442
Strain energy, 162–164, 178
Strontium (Sr), 191t, 193, 195, 290
Structure-activity relationships (SAR),
20, 175
cytochrome bc 1 inhibitors and, 397
Sulfur ligands, 6–8, 7t
Superoxide dismutase (SOD), 3– 4, 32,
143
Synchrotron radiation, 79, 93–95, 97,
146, 209, 345, 464–465Tappi ng ModeTM scanning, 140
Te c h net iu m ( Tc) , 14
Te t ra hym e n a pre–rRNA, see Group I
intron
Thapsigargin, 329, 331, 335, 336
Thermodynamics, 8–9
cytochrome c and, 408, 410
facilitated diffusion and, 197–199
heme-O 2 complexes and, 346, 349, 359
molecular modeling and, 164
μ-oxo dimer and, 353–354
thermochemistry and, 171, 173, 180
Thiol(s), 20, 141, 216