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Chirality in Biological Nanospaces: Reactions in Active Sites

Autor Nilashis Nandi
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 iul 2011
Chirality is widely studied and omnipresent in biological molecules. However, how the retention of enantiomeric forms persists in many life processes without racemization is still unclear, and the molecular understanding of the stringent chiral specificity in enzymatic reactions is sparse. Vital life processes occur within the active sites of large biological macromolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. These nanodimensional structures greatly accelerate biological reactions. The chirality of the reactants also has a strong influence on the process, but its importance in such biological reactions has only recently begun to be understood. This book explores the influence of chirality on reaction mechanisms in such biological nanospaces. The text addresses the influence of the chirality of amino acid and sugar in the active sites of transferase, oxidoreductases, hydrolases, lysases, isomerase, ligases, and other systems. It also covers ribosomal architecture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781439840023
ISBN-10: 1439840024
Pagini: 228
Ilustrații: 19 color figures - spread over 10 page insert to follow page 48; 19 Illustrations, color; 76 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Locul publicării:Boca Raton, United States

Public țintă

Academic and Postgraduate

Cuprins

Introduction. Chiral discrimination in the active site of oxidoreductase. Transferases and chiral discrimination. Influence of chirality on the hydrolysis reactions within the active site of hydrolases. Influence of chirality on the reactions in the active site of lyases. Chiral discrimination in the active site of ligases. Summary and future.

Notă biografică

Nilashis Nandi was born in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India (1965). He received his B.Sc. (Hons.) (1983) and M.Sc. (1985) degrees from North Bengal University and Ph.D. (1992) from Visva Bharati University. He became a postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Science, India (1993–1997), a J.S.P.S. postdoctoral fellow at Nagoya University, Japan (1997–1999), and an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany (1999–2000). Dr. Nandi was a faculty member in the chemistry group of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India from 2001–2007 and became a professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani in 2008 where he has worked ever since. His research interest is focused on theoretical and computational studies in biophysical chemistry.

Descriere

Activity in the nanodimensional active sites of large biological macromolecules greatly accelerates biological reactions. The chirality of the reactants also has a strong influence on the process, but its importance in such biological reactions has only recently begun to be understood. This book explores the influence of chirality on reaction mechanisms in such biological nanospaces. The text addresses ribosomal architecture and the influence of the chirality of amino acid and sugar in the active sites of transferase, oxidoreductases, hydrolases, lysases, isomerase, ligases, and other systems.