The Molecules of Life: Physical and Chemical PrinciplesThe field of biochemistry is entering an exciting era in which genomic information is being integrated into molecular-level descriptions of the physical processes that make life possible. The Molecules of Life is a new textbook that provides an integrated physical and biochemical foundation for undergraduate students majoring in biology or health s |
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active affinity allosteric amino acid atoms axon backbone base pairs binding isotherm bound calculate catalytic cell chain channels Chapter chemical potential complex conformational change covalent diagram diffusion dimer dissociation constant distribution domain electrons electrostatic energy levels enthalpy entropy enzyme Equation example fluorescence folded protein free energy free-energy change function glycans GroEL heat capacity helices helix hemoglobin hydrogen bonds hydrophobic imatinib increases inhibitor interactions kinase kinetic ligand ligand concentration lipid major groove membrane potential molecular multiplicity myoglobin nucleotide number of molecules occurs oxygen PDB code peptide phosphate groups polar protein folding protein molecules protein structure proton rate constant reactants reaction receptor regions residues ribozyme rotation schematic Section sequence SH2 domain shown in Figure sidechains solution specific ẞ sheets ẞ strands stability step substrate subunits sugar surface temperature thermodynamic tion transition unfolded voltage water molecules