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Multimeric Proteins: Its Adaptation and Regulation of Biological Activities

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Title Multimeric Proteins: Its Adaptation and Regulation of
Biological Activities
 
Creator Mukherjee (Saha), Debratna
 
Subject Structural Biology & Bioinformatics
 
Description Proteins are one of the major structural and functional components of all living systems. The word protein is derived from the Greek word prôtos, meaning primary or first rank of importance and with good reason. More than half the dry weight of a cell is made up of proteins. They virtually control directly and indirectly all cellular functions. Each protein within the body is involved for a single or multiple specific functions. Some proteins are
involved exclusively in structural support, while others are involved in bodily movement or defense against germs etc. Different structures of proteins define different functions. They may be round, globular shape (like hemoglobin whose spherical shape is useful for maneuvering through blood vessels), long (like collagen, whose stringy, strong rope like structure provides great support),
strong (like spectrin c which protects erythrocytes from the powerful shearing forces they are exposed to) or elastic (like titin which controls muscle stretching and contraction).
 
Date 2012
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/1560/1/thesis.pdf
Mukherjee (Saha), Debratna (2012) Multimeric Proteins: Its Adaptation and Regulation of Biological Activities. PhD thesis, Jadavpur University.
 
Relation http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/1560/