Biothermodynamics, Part D

This volume presents robust and modern thermodynamic methods for determining the functional energetics of macromolecular structures with their biological functions

Michael L. Johnson (Volume editor), Jo M. Holt (Volume editor), Gary K. Ackers (Volume editor)

9780123860033, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 5 April 2011

369 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg

The use of thermodynamics in biological research can be equated to an energy book-keeping system. While the structure and function of a molecule is important, it is equally important to know what drives the energy force. This volume presents sophisticated methods for estimating the thermodynamic parameters of specific protein-protein, protein-DNA and small molecule interactions.

1. A Thermodynamic Approach for the Targeting of Nucleic Acid Structures Using Their Complementary Single Strands Hui-Ting Lee, Caroline Carr, Hollie Siebler, Lela Waters, Irine Khutsishvili, Fany Iseka, Brian Domack, Chris M. Olsen, and Luis Marky 2. Thermodynamics of Biological Processes Hernan G. Garcia, Jane Kondev, Nigel Orme, Julie Theriot and Rob Phillips 3. Protein stability in the presence of co-solutes Luis Marcelo F. Holthauzen, Matthew Auton, Mikhail Sineva and Jorg Rosgen 4. Small Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Peptide-Lipid Interactions using the Mouse Paneth Cell a-Defensin Cryptdin-4 Abhijit Mishra, Kenneth P. Tai, Nathan W. Schmidt, André J. Ouellette and Gerard C. L. Wong 5. Synergy of molecular dynamics and isothermal titration calorimetry in studies of allostery Rebecca Strawn, Thomas Stockner, Milan Melichercik, Lihua Jin, Wei-Feng Xue, Jannette Carey and Rüdiger Ettrich 6. Using tryptophan fluorescence to measure the stability of membrane proteins folded in liposomes C. Preston Moon1 and Karen G. Fleming 7. Non-B Conformations of CAG Repeats Using 2-aminopurine Natalya N. Degtyareva and Jeffrey T. Petty 8. Disulfide bond-mediated passenger domain stalling as a structural probe of autotransporter outer membrane secretion in vivo Jonathan P. Renn & Patricia L. Clark 9. Strategies for the Thermodynamic Characterization of Linked Binding/Local Folding Reactions Within the Native State: Application to the LID Domain of Adenylate Kinase from Escherichia coli Travis P. Schrank, W. Austin Elam, Jing Li and Vincent J. Hilser 10. Fluorescence detected sedimentation in dilute and highly concentrated solutions Jonathan S. Kingsbury and Thomas M. Laue

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Enzymology [PSBZ], Biochemistry [PSB], Biophysics [PHVN], Thermodynamics & heat [PHH], Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]