Physics of Proteins

An Introduction to Biological Physics and Molecular Biophysics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

Av Hans Frauenfelder, Shirley S. Chan, Winnie S. Chan, Shirley Chan

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Provides an introduction to the structure and function of biomolecules --- especially proteins --- and the physical tools used to investigate themThe discussion concentrates on physical tools and properties, emphasizing techniques that are contributing to new developments and avoiding those that are already well established and whose results have already been exploited fullyNew tools appear regularly - synchrotron radiation, proton radiology, holography, optical tweezers, and muon radiography, for example, have all been used to open new areas of understanding

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Utgivningsdatum2010-06-10
Mått155 x 235 x 34 mm
Vikt942 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBiological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Antal sidor448
Upplaga2010
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781441910431

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A leader in physics research for more than half a century, Hans Frauenfelder spent 40 years as a professor and researcher at the University of Illinois before moving on to Los Alamos Laboratory, where he was the director of the Center for Nonlinear Studies and is now a Laboratory Fellow. Frauenfelder has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academy Leopoldina and the American Philosophical Society. He also is the recipient of numerous prestigious scientific fellowships and honors.

Biomolecules.- The Hierarchy of Living Things.- Information and Function.- Biomolecules, Spin Glasses, Glasses, and Solids (R. H. Austin1).- Proteins.- Nucleic Acids.- The Genetic Code.- Lipids and Membranes.- Spatial structure of proteins: measure-.- The Secondary Structure.- Tertiary Structure of Proteins.- Myoglobin and Hemoglobin.- The energy landscape and dynamics of.- Conformational Substates.- The Organization of the Energy Landscape.- Reaction Theory.- Supercooled Liquids and Glasses.- Function and dynamics.- Protein Dynamics.- Protein Quantum Dynamics? (R. H. Austin1).- Creative Homework: Dynamics and Function.- Appendices: tools and concepts for the.- Chemical Forces.- Acids and Bases for Physicists.- Thermodynamics for Physicists.- Quantum Chemistry for Physicists.- Energy Levels from Nuclei to Proteins.- Interaction of Radiation with Molecules.- Water (R. H. Austin1).- Scattering of Photons: X-Ray Diffraction.- Electronic Excitations.- Vibrations.- The Nucleus as a Probe (C. E. Schulz1).- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Structure Dynamics (R. H. Austin1).- Neutron Diffraction.

From the reviews:“It appears to be written for advanced undergraduates and graduates in physics who are newcomers to biophysics and biochemistry. … The book builds from Frauenfelder’s sketches and hand-drawn diagrams, which impart to the volume a personal touch, to its major theme: Frauenfelder’s insight that protein structures undergo conformational transitions – proteinquakes – through sub-states of approximately equal energy in a rugged, multi-dimensional, conformational-energy landscape.” (H. Richard Leuchtag, Physics Today, May, 2011)