Nature's Robots: A History of Proteins

Abstract

CHEMISTRY 1. The naming 2. Crystallinity, haemaglobin 3. The peptide bond 4. Proteins are true macromolecules 5. Bristling with charges 6. Fibrous proteins 7. Analytical imperative 8. Amino acid sequence 9. Subunits and domains DETAILED STRUCTURE 10. Early approaches to protein folding 11. Hydrogen bonds and the alpha-helix 12. Irving Langmuir and the hydrophobic factor 13. Three-dimensional structure PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION 14. An ancient and many-sided science 15. Are enzymes proteins? 16. Antibodies 17. Colour vision 18. Muscle contraction 19. Cell membranes HOW ARE PROTEINS MADE? 20. The link to genetics 21. After the double helix: the triple code 22. The new alchemy NOTES AND REFERENCES INDEXES