Equilibria and kinetics of biological macromolecules

• Main Authors: Hermans, Jan, 1933- (Author), Lentz, Barry, 1944- (Author)
• Corporate Author: John Wiley & Sons
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : Wiley, [2014]
• Subjects: makromolekuly; biomolekuly; chemická rovnováha; molekulární mechanika; molekulární biochemie; molekulární biofyzika; molekulární chemie; macromolecules; biomolecules; chemical equilibrium; molecular mechanics; molecular biochemistry; molecular biophysics; molecular chemistry; učebnice vysokých škol; elektronické knihy; textbooks (higher); electronic books
• ISBN: 9781118733639; 978-1-118-47970-4
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xxi, 499 stran) : ilustrace

Table of Contents:

• Thermodynamics
• Four basic quantum mechanical models of nuclear & electronic motion : a synopsis
• Molecular structure and interactions
• Water and the hydrophobic effect
• The molecular partition function
• System ensembles and partition functions
• Sampling molecular systems with simulations
• Binding equilibria
• Thermodynamics of molecular interactions
• Elements of statistical mechanics of liquids and solutions
• Analysis of binding equilibria in terms of partition functions
• Coupled equilibria
• Allosteric function
• Charged groups : binding of hydrogen ions, solvation and charge-charge interactions
• Some elements of polymer physics
• Helix-coil equilibria
• Protein unfolding equilibria
• Elasticity of biological materials
• Kinetics
• Kinetics of protein folding
• Irreversible and stochastic processes