The Discreet Charm of Protein Binding Sites

• Main Author: Yariv, Joseph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Proteins.; Life Sciences.; Protein-Ligand Interactions.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Bioorganic Chemistry.; Receptors.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.; Protein Science.

This book is a passionate account of the scientific breakthroughs that led to the solution of the first protein structures and to the understanding of their function at atomic resolution. The book is divided into self-standing chapters that each deal with a protein or protein family. The subject is...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Tubulin
• A variety of saccharide binding-sites
• The secret of protein sophistication
• Curious binding-sites – in membrane transport proteins.