This article was originally published with the title “ The Three-Dimensional Structure of an Enzyme Molecule ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 215 No. 5 (November 1966), p. 78 doi:10.1038 ...

Thus, understanding the interplay between structure, dynamics and function of enzymes in solution is an important goal in modern biochemistry. Generations of students have been introduced to this ...

Proteins can be big or small, mostly hydrophilic or mostly hydrophobic, exist alone or as part of a multi-unit structure ... and bone in vertebrates. Enzymes are another type of protein, and ...

the protein that makes up hair and nails Enzymes Catalyse biological reactions ATPase: catalyses the breakdown of ATP and Cellulose synthase: catalyses the formation of cellulose from glucose ...

Two enzymes, a peptidase and a cyclase, then collaborate to convert a linear precursor peptide into the distinctive knotted ...