Thermodynamics
Research News and Information

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Engineering protein stability and specificity using fluorous amino acids: the importance of packing effects.

15 Nov 2009 The incorporation of extensively fluorinated, or fluorous, analogues of hydrophobic amino acids into proteins potentially provides the opportunity to modulate the physicochemical properties of proteins in a predictable manner. On the basis of the ... Read more...

Substrate redox potential controls superoxide production kinetics in the cytochrome bc complex.

15 Nov 2009 The Q-cycle mechanism of the cytochrome bc(1) complex maximizes energy conversion during the transport of electrons from ubiquinol to cytochrome c (or alternate physiological acceptors), yet important steps in the Q-cycle are still hotly debated, ... Read more...

Mechanisms of interactions of the nucleotide cofactor with the RepA protein of plasmid RSF1010. Binding dynamics studied using the fluorescence stopped-flow method.

8 Nov 2009 The dynamics of the nucleotide binding to a single, noninteracting nucleotide-binding site of the hexameric helicase RepA protein of plasmid RSF1010 has been examined, using the fluorescence stopped-flow method. The experiments have been performed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Thermodynamics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Engineering protein stability and specificity using fluorous amino acids: the importance of packing effects. 15 Nov 2009
• Substrate redox potential controls superoxide production kinetics in the cytochrome bc complex. 15 Nov 2009
• Mechanisms of interactions of the nucleotide cofactor with the RepA protein of plasmid RSF1010. Binding dynamics studied using the fluorescence stopped-flow method. 8 Nov 2009
• Role of tryptophan-tryptophan interactions in Trpzip beta-hairpin formation, structure, and stability. Nov 2009
• A library of fluorescent peptides for exploring the substrate specificities of prolyl isomerases. Nov 2009
• Interactions of the osmolyte glycine betaine with molecular surfaces in water: thermodynamics, structural interpretation, and prediction of m-values. Nov 2009
• Kinetics and thermodynamics of flip-flop in binary phospholipid membranes measured by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy. Nov 2009
• Application of the fuzzy-oil-drop model to membrane protein simulation. 30 Oct 2009
• Characterization of cancer-linked BRCA1-BRCT missense variants and their interaction with phosphoprotein targets. 30 Oct 2009
• Temperature-induced partially unfolded state of hUBF HMG Box-5: conformational and dynamic investigations of the Box-5 thermal intermediate ensemble. 30 Oct 2009
• Substrate binding modifies the hinge bending characteristics of human 3-phosphoglycerate kinase: a molecular dynamics study. 30 Oct 2009
• Thermodynamic characterization of the interaction between the C-terminal domain of extracellular superoxide dismutase and heparin by isothermal titration calorimetry. 18 Oct 2009
• The stathmin-derived I19L peptide interacts with FtsZ and alters its bundling. 18 Oct 2009
• First-principles study of non-heme Fe(II) halogenase SyrB2 reactivity. 12 Oct 2009
• Dynamic asymmetric multicomponent resolution: lipase-mediated amidation of a double dynamic covalent system. 12 Oct 2009
• Intramolecular amide stacking and its competition with hydrogen bonding in a small foldamer. 12 Oct 2009
• A computational study of lambda-lac mutants. 4 Oct 2009
• Assembly mechanisms of RNA pseudoknots are determined by the stabilities of constituent secondary structures. 3 Oct 2009
• Thermodynamic properties of autunite, uranyl hydrogen phosphate, and uranyl orthophosphate from solubility and calorimetric measurements. 29 Sep 2009
• Exploring the folding energy landscape of a series of designed consensus tetratricopeptide repeat proteins. 29 Sep 2009

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Thermodynamics'

Definition: A rigorously mathematical analysis of energy relationships (heat, work, temperature, and equilibrium). It describes systems whose states are determined by thermal parameters, such as temperature, in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic parameters. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)

Descriptor UI: D013816

Alternative terms: Thermodynamics; Thermodynamic;

Tree Number: G01.906;

Technical Notes: no qualif