| Description |
xiii, 99 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
In focus |
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In focus (Oxford, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Basic aspects of polypeptide structure -- Covalent structures of proteins -- Non-covalent forces in protein structure -- Electrostatic interactions -- van der Waals interactions -- Hydrogen bonds -- Hydrophobic interactions -- Amino acid residues -- Primary structures of proteins -- Three-dimensional aspects of polypeptide structure -- Conformations of polypeptides -- Regular polypeptide structures -- Structures of fibrous proteins -- Silk fibroin -- Collagen -- Coiled-coils -- Three-dimensional structures of proteins -- Determining protein structure -- CD spectroscopy -- X-ray diffraction -- NMR spectroscopy -- Structural organization in globular proteins -- Tertiary structure -- Protein interiors and exteriors -- Secondary structure -- Loops and turns -- Disulphide bonds -- Domains -- Supersecondary structure and folding patterns -- Quaternary structure -- Flexibility in protein structures -- Evolutionarily related proteins -- Predicting protein structure -- Protein design -- Proteins in solution and in membranes -- Proteins in aqueous solution -- Aqueous solubility -- Ionization. |
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(cont) Membrane proteins -- Stability of the folded state -- Unfolding -- Thermodynamics of unfolding -- Rationalizing protein stability -- Other factors that affect protein stability -- Protein folding -- General characteristics of protein folding -- Identifying folding intermediates -- Biosynthetic folding -- Ligand binding and protein function -- Ligand binding -- Studying protein-ligand interactions -- General properties of protein-ligand interactions -- Relationship between protein structure and ligand binding -- Calcium-binding proteins -- Redox proteins -- Nucleotide-binding proteins -- DNA-binding proteins -- Helix-turn-helix proteins -- Zinc-containing DNA recognition elements -- Other DNA-binding motifs -- Regulation of ligand binding -- Allosteric regulation -- Reversible covalent modification. |
| Subject |
Proteins -- Structure.
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| Indexed Term |
Proteins |
| Subject |
Proteins -- ultrastructure.
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Proteins -- physiology.
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Structure-Activity Relationship.
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| Added Author |
Creighton, Thomas E., 1940-
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| ISBN |
019963310X paperback $13.50 |
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