Section 12 - Protein Interactions

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• Interactions between gene-regulating proteins and DNA

• Enzymes
  • A brief Overview of Enzymes

  • An active site in detail: the Serine Proteases
    1. Introduction
    2. Tertiary structure of the Chymotrypsin Superfamily
    3. The active site of chymotrypsin
    4. Diagrams
    5. Reaction Mechanism
    6. Crystal Structures
    7. References
    • Trypsinogen by Gail I. Schuman, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.

    • Protein Tourist Kinemage on Serine Proteases by David C. Richardson and Jane S. Richardson
• Allostery- Haemoglobin
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• Muscle Fibres - protein structure and large-scale movement

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Thanks to

• Simon M. Brocklehurst
• John Kenney
• Alan Mills
• Gail I. Schuman

Index to Course Material

John Kenney, John Walshaw
Last updated 26th Jul '96