Protein Structural Biology in Biomedical Research, Part A, Volume 22
1st Edition
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Table of Contents
Protein Crystallography in Medicine (M.J. Rynkiewicz and B.A. Seaton). Engineering Metal Binding Sites in Proteins (L. Regan). Using Molecular Graphics to Analyze Protein Structures (H. Oberoi and N.M. Allewell). Electrostatics and Hydrogen Bonding (B. Garcia-Moreno E.). Protein Structure Determination by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (I.M. Russu). Membrane Protein Structure (M.P. McCarthy). Structural Features of Membrane Proteins (T. Haltia). Experimental Dissection of Protein-Protein Interactions in Solution (M.L. Doyle and P. Hensley).
Description
Recent advances in protein structural biology, coupled with new developments in human genetics, have opened the door to understanding the molecular basis of many metabolic, physiological, and developmental processes in human biology. Medical pathologies, and their chemical therapies, are increasingly being described at the molecular level. For single-gene diseases, and some multi-gene conditions, identification of highly correlated genes immediately leads to identification of covalent structures of the actual chemical agents of the disease, namely the protein gene products. Once the primary sequence of a protein is ascertained, structural biologists work to determine its three-dimensional, biologically active structure, or to predict its probable fold and/or function by comparison to the data base of known protein structures. Similarly, three-dimensional structures of proteins produced by microbiological pathogens are the subject of intense study, for example, the proteins necessary for maturation of the human HIV virus. Once the three-dimensional structure of a protein is known or predicted, its function, as well as potential binding sites for drugs that inhibit its function, become tractable questions. The medical ramifications of the burgeoning results of protein structural biology, from gene replacement therapy to "rational" drug design, are well recognized by researchers in biomedical areas, and by a significant proportion of the general population. The purpose of this book is to introduce biomedical scientists to important areas of protein structural biology, and to provide an insightful orientation to the primary literature that shapes the field in each subject.
The chapters in this volume cover aspects of protein structural biology which have led to the recognition of fundamental relationships between protein structure and function.
Details
- No. of pages:
- 626
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier Science 1997
- Published:
- 16th January 1998
- Imprint:
- Elsevier Science
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780762302833
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080877051
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About the Author
C. Woodward
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
About the Editor
N.M. Allewell
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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