Proteins : paradigms of complexity /

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.012579999· OSTI ID:975750

Frauenfelder, Hans

Proteins are the working machines of living systems. Directed by the DNA, of the order of a few hundred building blocks, selected from twenty different amino acids, are covalently linked into a linear polypeptide chain. In the proper environment, the chain folds into the working protein, often a globule of linear dimensions of a few nanometers. The biologist considers proteins units from which living systems are built. Many physical scientists look at them as systems in which the laws of complexity can be studied better than anywhere else. Some of the results of such studies will be sketched.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 975750
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-01-5235; TRN: US201018%%837
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: suppl_1; Conference: "Submitted to: Proceedings National Academy Science, USA, Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy Science, USA "Self-Organized Complex in the Physical, Biological, and Social Science", March 23-24, 2001, Irvine, CA"
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
AMINO ACIDS
CHAINS
DIMENSIONS
DNA
POLYPEPTIDES
PROTEINS