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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827879303321

Titolo

Mobility and function in proteins and nucleic acids

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman, 1983

ISBN

1-280-78405-9

9786613694447

0-470-72075-1

0-470-71844-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 93

Disciplina

574.87/328

574.87328

Soggetti

Nucleic acids

Proteins

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Mobility and J function in proteins and nucleic acids; Contents; Introduction; The role of mobility in the substrate binding and catalytic machinery of enzymes; Discussion; Ligand- induced conformational changes in proteins; Discussion; Mobility and active-site coupling in 2-0x0 acid dehydrogenase complexes; Discussion; The mobility of calcium- trigger proteins and its function; Discussion; Mobility and function in elastin and collagen; Discussion; Flexibility in tobacco mosaic virus; Discussion; The molecular basis of muscle contraction; Discussion

Actin-induced changes in the dynamics of myosin subfragment-1 detected by nuclear magnetic resonance Discussion; Rotational dynamics of spin-labelled muscle proteins; Discussion; Cross-bridge movement in muscle and the conformation of the myosin hinge; Discussion; Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on structure and breathing dynamics of transfer RNA; Discussion; Triplet anisotropy decay measurements of DNA internal motion; Discussion; Conformations and flexibilities of histones and high mobility group (HMG) proteins in chromatin structure and function; Discussion

Local and collective motions in protein dynamics Discussion; Soliton



theory of protein dynamics; Discussion; Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of mobility in proteins; Discussion; Summary and outlook; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index