Section 12 - Protein Interactions

The purpose of this section is to illustrate by example a selection of the ways that proteins interact with other biomolecules (including other proteins), relating these functions to the proteins' structure.

Interactions between gene-regulating proteins and DNA
Enzymes
Allostery- Haemoglobin
Muscle Fibres - protein structure and large-scale movement
- For smaller scale motion, within proteins, refer to the Database of Protein Motions maintained by Mark Gerstein at the Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University Medical Center

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