Principles of Protein Structure

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Amino Acids

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 1-16

3. Structural Implications of the Peptide Bond

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 17-26

4. Noncovalent Forces Determining Protein Structure

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 27-45

5. The Covalent Structure of Proteins

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 46-65

6. Patterns of Folding and Association of Polypeptide Chains

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 66-107

7. Prediction of Secondary Structure from the Amino Acid Sequence

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 108-130

8. Models, Display, and Documentation of Protein Structures

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 131-148

9. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Polypeptide Chain Folding

   • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

   Pages 149-165

10. Protein Evolution

    • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

    Pages 166-205

11. Protein-Ligand Interactions

    • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

    Pages 206-232

12. The Structural Basis of Protein Mechanism, Action, and Function

    • Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

    Pages 233-251

13. Back Matter

    Pages 252-318

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New textbooks at all levels of chemistry appear with great regularity. Some fields like basic biochemistry, organic reaction mechanisms, and chemical thermodynamics are well represented by many excellent texts, and new or revised editions are published sufficiently often to keep up with progress in research. However, some areas of chemistry, especially many of those taught at the graduate level, suffer from a real lack of up-to-date textbooks. The most serious needs occur in fields that are rapidly changing. Textbooks in these subjects usually have to be written by scientists actually involved in the research which is advancing the field. It is not often easy to persuade such individuals to set time aside to help spread the knowledge they have accumulated. Our goal, in this series, is to pinpoint areas of chemistry where recent progress has outpaced what is covered in any available textbooks, and then seek out and persuade experts in these fields to produce relatively concise but instructive introductions to their fields. These should serve the needs of one semester or one quarter graduate courses in chemistry and biochemistry. In some cases the availability of texts in active research areas should help stimulate the creation of new courses.

• Chemische Struktur
• Eiweiss
• Protein
• amino acid
• biochemistry
• catalysis
• chemistry
• enzyme
• enzymes
• nucleic acid
• Nucleotide
• protein
• synthesis

• Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

  Georg E. Schulz, R. Heiner Schirmer

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