Importance of Translational Entropy of Water in Biological Self-Assembly Processes like Protein Folding

Importance of Translational Entropy of Water in Biological Self-Assembly Processes like Protein Folding

We briefly review our studies on the folding/unfolding mechanisms of proteins. In biological self-assembly processes such as protein folding, the number of accessible translational configurations of water in the system increases greatly, leading to a large gain in the water entropy. The usual view l...

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Main Author: Masahiro Kinoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-03-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
Protein folding
self-assembly
water
translational entropy
pressure denaturation
cold denaturation
native structure
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/10/3/1064/

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