Biophysical Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9780367572389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 792 str.

Dagmar Klostermeier; Markus G. Rudolph

Opis

Exploring the concepts of physical chemistry and the molecular structures that underlie biochemical processes, this book is an ideal and comprehensive text for physical chemistry courses on biophysics, biochemistry, and the life sciences.

Spis treści

Thermodynamics. Systems and their surroundings. State functions and the laws of thermodynamics. Energetics and chemical equilibria. Thermodynamics of transport processes. Electrochemistry. Kinetics. Reaction velocities and rate laws. Integrated rate laws for uni and biomolecular reactions. Reaction types. Rate-limiting steps. Binding reactions: one-step and two-step binding. Steady-state (enzyme) kinetics. Complex reaction schemes and their analysis. Temperature dependence of rate constants. Principles of catalysis. Molecular structure and stability. Molecular structure and interactions. Proteins. Nucleic acids. Computational biology. Optical spectroscopy. Magnetic resonance. Solution scattering. X-ray crystallography. Imaging and microscopy. Force measurements. Transient kinetic methods. Molecular mass, size, and shape. Calorimetry. Prefixes, units, constants. Mathematical concepts used in this book.

O autorze

Dagmar Klostermeier is of the University of Muenster, Germany. 

Markus G. Rudolph is of the Pharma Research & Early Development Division in the Roche Group, Switzerland.