Metal Ions and the Route to Life
暫譯: 金屬離子與生命起源之路
Nitschke, Wolfgang, Duval, Simon
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2026-10-16
- 售價: $2,690
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,555
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 382
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1032606258
- ISBN-13: 9781032606255
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相關分類:
化學 Chemistry、物理學 Physics
尚未上市，無法訂購
商品描述
Volume 28, entitled Metal Ions and the Route to Life, of the series Metal Ions in Life Sciences, advocates for the prime importance of the recognition of metal ions and metal-bearing minerals in the transition from inanimate matter to first life on our planet. Unlike the relatively unreactive organic molecules, the traditional protagonists of orthodox origin-of-life hypotheses, metals and minerals are natural catalysts, abundantly present in the majority of settings on the early Earth considered as conducive to bringing forth life. In these palaeogeochemical settings, they may have catalyzed the anabolic conversions of inorganic precursor molecules into organics and may have converted redox disequilibria between environmental reductants and oxidants into the ordering, i.e. the lowering of entropy, of first living entities. Far-fetched? Yet, this is precisely what metal ions do in life today!
An unlikely coalition of biology (biochemistry and bioenergetics) and physics (thermodynamics and condensed matter physics) is growingly questioning the plausibility of the orthodox hypotheses while putting metal ions and minerals centre-stage in their scenarios. In this volume, 29 internationally renowned experts from fields as diverse as microbiology, biochemistry, astrobiology, electrochemistry, ecology, mineralogy, geology and geochemistry shine light from their individual angles on this topic, bringing home metal ions' primordial importance to extant life, presenting minerals with tantalizing reactivities appearing as look-alikes of life's processes and sketching out plausible, metal-ion-based scenarios for life's emergence on planet Earth. Metal Ions and the Route to Life provides the empirical groundwork to interested researchers and the general public for revisiting their preconceived ideas about the origin of life and for appreciating the absolute indispensability of metal ions in life - now just as at its beginnings!
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《Metal Ions and the Route to Life》是《Metal Ions in Life Sciences》系列的第 28 卷，主張在從無生命物質邁向地球上最初生命的過程中，認識金屬離子與含金屬礦物具有至關重要的意義。相較於有機分子——傳統生命起源主流假說中的主要角色——金屬與礦物的反應性較高，是自然界中的催化劑，並且大量存在於早期地球上多數被認為有利於生命形成的環境中。在這些古地球化學環境裡，它們可能催化了無機前驅分子轉化為有機物的合成代謝反應，也可能將環境中還原劑與氧化劑之間的氧化還原失衡，轉化為最初生命體的有序化，也就是熵的降低。這聽起來很牽強嗎？然而，這正是金屬離子今日在生命中所扮演的角色！
一個由生物學（生物化學與生物能量學）和物理學（熱力學與凝聚態物理學）組成、看似不太可能的聯盟，正日益質疑傳統假說的可信度，同時也在相關情境中將金屬離子與礦物置於核心地位。在本書中，29 位來自微生物學、生物化學、天體生物學、電化學、生態學、礦物學、地質學與地球化學等多元領域的國際知名專家，分別從各自的角度闡明這項主題：揭示金屬離子對現存生命的原初重要性；介紹具有令人著迷之反應性、看來與生命過程極為相似的礦物；並勾勒出以金屬離子為基礎、且合理可信的地球生命起源情境。《Metal Ions and the Route to Life》為有興趣的研究人員與一般讀者提供實證基礎，讓他們重新檢視對生命起源的既有觀念，並理解金屬離子對生命絕對不可或缺——無論是生命的起點，還是今日的生命，皆是如此！
作者簡介
Wolfgang Nitschke obtained his Diploma in Physics and his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Regensburg (Germany). He then worked as a post-doctoral fellow (on grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the CEA and EMBO) with A. W. (Bill) Rutherford, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (Saclay, France) and with Pierre Joliot, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (Paris/France), followed by a position as Assistant Professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-University's Institut für Biologie (Freiburg/Germany). In 1995, he obtained a permanent position at the CNRS in the laboratory Bioenergetics and Protein Engineering (Marseille/France) where he founded and headed the research group "Evolution of Bioenergetics". This group investigates the bioenergetic processes of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms with the aim of elucidating evolutionary pathways from early to extant life and of discerning common, conserved patterns informing on the bioenergetic processes likely to have operated in the earliest forms of life on our planet. Over the last 5 years, the group has extended its research activities towards characterizing mineral-based processes potentially representing abiotic precursors of crucial reaction schemes in living systems.
Simon Duval is a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Marseille, France, since 2018, where he is part of a team focused on the evolution of bioenergetics. He earned his PhD from Aix-Marseille University, where he studied the redox properties and evolution of molybdenum enzymes, in particular arsenite oxidase. Following his PhD, Simon pursued several postdoctoral projects, mostly investigating electron transfer in metalloproteins. Notably, he spent two years at Utah State University (Logan, USA) with Professor Lance Seefeldt, where he explored the properties of Fe-nitrogenase using spectroscopic and biochemical methods.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Wolfgang Nitschke 於德國雷根斯堡大學取得物理學文憑與生物化學博士學位。之後，他曾以 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft、CEA 與 EMBO 的研究經費，先後在法國薩克雷的 Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique 擔任 A. W.（Bill）Rutherford 的博士後研究員，以及在法國巴黎的 Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique 擔任 Pierre Joliot 的博士後研究員；隨後，他於 Albert-Ludwigs-University 的 Institut für Biologie（德國弗萊堡）擔任助理教授。1995 年，他在法國馬賽的 CNRS 生物能量學與蛋白質工程實驗室取得永久職位，並創立及主持「生物能量學的演化」（Evolution of Bioenergetics）研究團隊。該團隊研究不同親緣分類微生物的生物能量學過程，旨在闡明從早期生命到現代生命的演化途徑，並辨識出具有共通性且受到保留的模式，以了解可能曾在地球最早期生命形式中運作的生物能量學過程。在過去 5 年間，該團隊進一步將研究活動拓展至礦物基礎過程的特性分析；這些過程可能代表生物系統中關鍵反應途徑的非生物前身。
Simon Duval 自 2018 年起任職於法國馬賽的法國國家科學研究中心（CNRS），並加入一個專注於生物能量學演化的研究團隊。他於 Aix-Marseille University 取得博士學位，研究鉬酵素的氧化還原特性與演化，尤其聚焦於亞砷酸氧化酶（arsenite oxidase）。取得博士學位後，Simon 進行了多項博士後研究計畫，主要探討金屬蛋白中的電子傳遞。值得一提的是，他曾在美國猶他州立大學（Utah State University；美國洛根）與 Lance Seefeldt 教授合作兩年，運用光譜學與生化方法探索 Fe-nitrogenase 的特性。
