Water and Biological MacromoleculesWesthof Water and Biological Macromolecules presents an excellent description of the structural aspects of water molecules around biological macromolecules. Topics discussed include the properties of water in solid and liquid states; proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and lipids; and theoretical approaches for understanding the macroscopic observations and integrating microscopic descriptions. The nature and roles of hydration forces in macromolecular complexation and cell-cell interactions are explained, in addition to phenomena such as entropy-enthalpy compensation and the thermodynamic treatment of water bridging. Water and Biological Macromolecules will be a valuable reference for biophysicists, biochemists, and macromolecular biologists. |
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... layer thickness being ultimately approximately 9 nm . Anhydrous natural and synthetic cerebrosides are all metastable , owing to their tendency to form mutual hydrogen bonds . Upon heating , typically between 50 ° C and 70 ° C for the ...
... layer thickness being ultimately approximately 9 nm . Anhydrous natural and synthetic cerebrosides are all metastable , owing to their tendency to form mutual hydrogen bonds . Upon heating , typically between 50 ° C and 70 ° C for the ...
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... layer Wicking with Small Particles = = In those cases where the solid materials are in granular form , and cannot be formed into smooth layers or membranes ( van Oss et al . , 1990b ) , small particles can be deposited on a glass plate ...
... layer Wicking with Small Particles = = In those cases where the solid materials are in granular form , and cannot be formed into smooth layers or membranes ( van Oss et al . , 1990b ) , small particles can be deposited on a glass plate ...
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... layer ( s ) of oriented water of hydration ( yielding a value for AG1w of + 15.6 kT ) . But this is possible only either because of an original ... layer of hydration is the only layer sufficiently strongly bound to the 410 Thermodynamics.
... layer ( s ) of oriented water of hydration ( yielding a value for AG1w of + 15.6 kT ) . But this is possible only either because of an original ... layer of hydration is the only layer sufficiently strongly bound to the 410 Thermodynamics.
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Water structure | 3 |
Thermodynamic and dynamic properties of water | 45 |
Aqueous solutions of simple hydrophobic solutes | 55 |
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Acta Cryst analysis anionic aqueous atoms B-DNA B-form backbone base pairs Beveridge binding Biochemistry Biochim Biol Biomol Biophys Biopolymers calculations Cevc chain Chem Clementi complex conformation counterions crystal structure crystalline crystallographic d(CGCGAATTCGCG density distance dodecamer electron electrostatic Equation experimental Figure force field free energy function Gibbs energy Goodfellow H-bond helix hydration hydration forces hydration shell hydrogen bonds hydrophilic hydrophobic ice Ih interactions interfacial ions lipid bilayers lipid headgroups liquid macromolecules MD simulation membrane minor groove mJ/m² molecular dynamics Molecular dynamics simulation Monte Carlo neutron diffraction nucleic acids nucleotide orientation oxygen phase phosphate groups phosphatidylcholine phospholipid Phys polar polymer polysaccharides potential refinement region relaxation repulsive residues resolution Saenger side-chains solution solvation solvation Gibbs energy solvent solvent molecules solvent structure ẞ-sheet stability Struct studies surface temperature tion water bridges water molecules water structure Westhof X-ray Z-DNA