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Nature's Robota: A History of Protenins
Proteins are amazing molecules. They spark the chemical reactions that form the basis for life, transmit signals in the body, identify and kill foreign invaders, form the engines that make us move, record visual images. For every task in a living organism, there is a protein designed to carry it out...
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Oxford University Press
2001
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Table of Contents:
- CHEMISTRY ; 1. The naming ; 2. Crystallinity, haemaglobin ; 3. The peptide bond ; 4. Proteins are true macromolecules ; 5. Bristling with charges ; 6. Fibrous proteins ; 7. Analytical imperative ; 8. Amino acid sequence ; 9. Subunits and domains ; DETAILED STRUCTURE ; 10. Early approaches to protein folding ; 11. Hydrogen bonds and the alpha-helix ; 12. Irving Langmuir and the hydrophobic factor ; 13. Three-dimensional structure ; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION ; 14. An ancient and many-sided science ; 15. Are enzymes proteins? ; 16. Antibodies ; 17. Colour vision ; 18. Muscle contraction ; 19. Cell membranes ; HOW ARE PROTEINS MADE? ; 20. The link to genetics ; 21. After the double helix: the triple code ; 22. The new alchemy ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; INDEXES