Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function

• Main Author: Buxbaum, Engelbert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Biomedicine general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function Engelbert Buxbaum, Dr. rer. nat. This book serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of protein structure and function. Starting with their make up from simple building blocks called amino acids, the 3-dimensional structure of proteins is explained...

Table of Contents:

• Protein structure
• Amino acids
• Protein structure
• Purification and characterisation of proteins
• Protein sequencing
• Enzymes
• Enzymes are biocatalysts
• Enzyme kinetics
• Haemoglobin and myoglobin: co-operativity
• Enzyme kinetics: special cases
• Special proteins
• Prion proteins and prion diseases
• Immunoproteins
• Cell skeleton
• Motor proteins and movement
• Cell-cell interactions
• Aiding in folding: molecular chaperones and chaperonins
• Membrane transport
• Transport of proteins into mitochondria
• Intracellular protein transport
• Transport of solutes across membranes.