Publisher's Synopsis
These proceedings cover recent advances in research on "Oxygenases and oxygen metabolism" and have been dedicated to Professor Osamu Hayaishi, the discoverer of dioxygenase.
Humans inhale and exhale molecular oxygen (O2), and cannot live without it. Oxygenases are the enzymes, which catalyze the fixation of either one or two atoms of molecular oxygen into a wide variety of substrates including steroid hormones, eicosanoids, amino acids, drugs, toxic substances and carcinogens. Many of the substrates and metabolic products of oxygenases show remarkable biological effects on cellular activities. They usually act to maintain homeostasis of the cell and hence to keep the organism healthy.
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