Structure-function correlation

Fetisova Z G, Borisov A Y and Fok M V 1985 Analysis of structure-function correlations in light-harvesting photosynthetic antenna—structure optimization parameters J. Theoret. Biol. 112 41-75... 

Since steric effects can change catalysis (e.g., the above mentione trypsin case), one may still argue that such effects do influence the correl tion between structure and function. However, this case is not so relevant t structure-function correlation since the steric effects establish new structui and the activity associated with this structure is the main subject of ot... 

The biflagellate unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is prone to spontaneous mutations that produce deficiencies in flagellar proteins and MT assembly, substructure, and function. Viable mutants that are either nonmotile or slow moving can be isolated and analyzed biochemically and morphologically, thereby establishing structure-function correlations. Electron microscopic analysis... 

Structure-Function Correlations in High Potential Iron Problems J. A. Cowan and Siu Man Lui... 

Proteolytic cleavage has proven to be an efficient tool for exploring the structure and function of the Na,K-ATPase. Exposure and protection of bonds on the surface of the cytoplasmic protrusion provides unequivocal evidence for structural changes in the a subunit accompanying E1-E2 transition in Na,K-ATPase [52]. Localization of the proteolytic splits provided a shortcut to identification of residues involved in E1-E2 transition [33,53,54] and to detection of structure-function correlations [33]. Further proteolysis identifies segments at the surface of the protein and as the cytoplasmic protrusion is shaved off all ATP-dependent reactions are abolished. 

Shurki, A. Warshel, A., Structure/function correlations of proteins using MM, QM/MM and related approaches methods, concepts, pitfalls, and current progress, Adv. Prot. Chem. 2003, 66, 249-313... 

Besides the practical application, the diversity of nanostructured carbon allotropes makes nanocarbon also an ideal model system for the investigation of structure-function correlations in heterogeneous catalysis. Nanocarbons can be tailored in terms of their hybridization state, curvature, and aspect ratio, i.e., dimensions of stacks of basic structural units (BSU), Chapters 1 and 2. The preferred exposition of two types of surfaces, which strongly differ in their physico-chemical behavior, i.e., the basal plane and prismatic edges, can be controlled. Such controlled diversity is seldom found for other materials giving carbon a unique role in this field of basic research. The focus of this chapter is set on the most prominent representatives of the... 

SimionescuM (1991) Lung endothelium structure-function correlates. In Crystal RG, West JB (eds.) The Lung Scientific Foundations. Raven Press, New York, pp 301-312. 

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