Space-filling principle

Fig. 4 Representative membrane-active peptides that have been studied by solid-state 19F-NMR. (a) The primary sequences show which positions were substituted (filled green boxes) or which ones could in principle be substituted (dotted green lines), (b) Characteristic conformations of the peptides in the membrane-bound state. The space-filling solvent-accessibility models emphasize the amphiphilicity by colouring hydrophobic residues in yellow and cationic side-chains in blue. (c) Observed structures and alignment states of the peptides as determined by 19F-NMR...

Fig. 27. Space-filling model of the B chain of insulin. Numbers indicate position of carboxyl oxygens (after Warner231)). The MM in nacreous layer of molluscs is assumed to be built according to the same principles...

The Schlosser-Marcus variational principle is derived for a single surface a that subdivides coordinate space 9i3 into two subvolumes rm and rout. This generalizes immediately to a model of space-filling atomic cells, enclosed for a molecule by an external cell extending to infinity. The continuity conditions for the orbital Hilbert space require i>out =a i>in This implies a vanishing Wronskian surface integral... 

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The same principle of formation of a spherical foam film is used in the device (Fig. 2.23) for direct measurement of the film tension y in static [126] and dynamic [127] conditions. The lower part of the capillary is placed in a closed space filled up with a gas, whose pressure can be measured precisely and by means of a special pump can be varied at different rates. The manometer registers the difference with the atmospheric pressure Ap, which is equal to the capillary pressure pa of the spherical foam film... 

We think that the structural principles that imderlie quasicrystals (discussed in Chapter 2) are relevant in order to describe the superstructure of tropocollagen molecules, which must accommodate the wide variety of tissue structures that can be formed. There are no possibilities of packing triple helices in a space-filling arrangement. A structure with five-fold symmetry in the plane and with perfect periodicity in the perpendicular direction, however, which is consistent with the quarter stagger pentafibril model, is in fact a quasicrystal of so-called T-type (also known as the decagonal phase). 

These structures are either found as globular or irregular spaces, as in Orange and Lemon Peel and Eucalyptus leaves, containing oil or oil and resin when they are called internal glands, or, as tube-like spaces filled with hydrocarbon principles such as are found in Pine leaves and stems, when they sometimes receive the name of secretion Digitized by Microsoft ... 

One of the most important principles of chemistry is the Lav of mass conservation., which states that matter is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction (Section 3.2). The atoms pie.sent at the b innir of a reaction merely rearrange to form new molc cules. This means that no atoms are lost or gained during any reaction. The chemical equation must therefore be balanced, w hich means each atom. shown in the equation must appear on both sides of the arrow the same number of times. The preceding equation for the formation of carbon dioxide is balanced because each side shows one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. You can count the number of atoms in the space-filling models to. sec this for yourself. 

Figure 3.9. A Steps in the conversion of the gene product for insulin from preproinsulin to active (mature) insulin. B Space-filling representation of the active insulin molecule, as obtained from the crystal structure. C The ribbon model of active insulin showing the helical and extended regions of the A and B chains and the disulfide bridges that hold the A and B chains together after removal of the C peptide. (Reproduced with permission from Lehninger, Nelson, and Cox, Principles of Biochemistry, Second Edition, Worth Publishers.)...

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