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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811578003321

Autore

Saito Nobuhiko

Titolo

The physical foundation of protein architecture / / Nobuhiko Saito, Yukio Kobayashi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2001

ISBN

1-281-95657-0

9786611956578

981-281-101-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156p. ) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

KobayashiYukio

Disciplina

572.6

Soggetti

Proteins - Structure

Biomolecules - Structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Generalities: helix-coil transition in polypeptide; some aspects of protein folding. Mechanism of protein folding: island model; a-helical proteins; lysozyme and phospholipase; bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor; flavodoxin and thioredoxin; ferredoxin. Folding of a protein of unknown structure: ab initio method of prediction of protein structure; search for the conformation of minimum energy. Topics related to protein structures: phase transition; module; molecular chaperones; membrane proteins; structure prediction based on protein data.

Sommario/riassunto

This work elucidates the mechanism of various processes in protein folding. The main features of protein folding are shown to be described by the island model with long range hydrophobic interaction which is capable of finding the specific residue, and the lampshade criterion for disulfide bonding.