Redesigning the Molecules of Life /
This paperback gives the conference documentation of a symposium held in Interlaken May 1988. The contributions span the range from chemistry to molecular biology. Richard Kellogg abstracts the details of biochemical reactivity and rebuilds them into designed organic model systems. Alan Fersht shows...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1988.
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| Summary: | This paperback gives the conference documentation of a symposium held in Interlaken May 1988. The contributions span the range from chemistry to molecular biology. Richard Kellogg abstracts the details of biochemical reactivity and rebuilds them into designed organic model systems. Alan Fersht shows how a sufficiently large collection of structural variations in a natural enzyme can yield a sophisticated picture of the origin of catalysis. Tom Kaiser uses chemical understanding to bridge the gap between the structure and the biological activity of small polypeptides. Jack Szostak shows how a molecular biological approach enables the scientist to study and perhaps recreate catalytic activity in RNA molecules. Finally, Steven Benner outlines the construction of historical and functional models explaining the peculiarities in the behavior of biological macromolecules. The book will assist scientists on both sides of the great divide separating chemistry and biochemistry to bridge the gap, and help to usher in the age where research ideas and methods will be applicable in a continuum of chemical problems that range from the smallest molecule to the largest organism. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 175 pages 56 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642735943 (electronic bk.) 3642735940 (electronic bk.) |