The Protein Folding Problem

by Donald B Wetlaufer

Proteins in living systems carry out a great variety of specific functions, each of which depends on the precise three-dimensional structure of a particular protein. Proteins are synthesized in the form of a flexible polypeptide chain that is capable of assuming a vast number of configurations; the transformation of this chain into a specific, relatively rigid three-dimensional structure is called folding--a remarkable process of self-organization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367310856
• ISBN13: 9780367310851
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages