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Random coil

Index Random coil

A random coil is a polymer conformation where the monomer subunits are oriented randomly while still being bonded to adjacent units. [1]

56 relations: Agarose gel electrophoresis, Alpha helix, Alpha sheet, Amyloid beta, C11orf16, C11orf86, C12orf42, C15orf39, C1orf27, C7orf43, Catalog of articles in probability theory, Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, Circular dichroism, Circular polarization, Collagen, Conformational ensembles, Conformational entropy, Crystallographic database, Denaturation (biochemistry), Elastin, FAM221A, Folding funnel, Force field (chemistry), Gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids, Gene expression, Glutamate rich 5, GOR method, Guanidine, Guanidinium chloride, Helix–coil transition model, Index of biochemistry articles, Intrinsically disordered proteins, Keratin, Kuhn length, Lifson–Roig model, Molecular dynamics, NBEAL1, Nucleic acid double helix, Nucleic acid thermodynamics, Nylon, Path integrals in polymer science, Periodic boundary conditions, Polymer, Polymer chemistry, Poneratoxin, Protein fold class, Protein folding, Protein secondary structure, Protein structure, SNARE (protein), ..., Solvation, TMEM8B, Transcription factor II B, Volume Area Dihedral Angle Reporter, WDR90, Zimm–Bragg model. Expand index (6 more) »

Agarose gel electrophoresis

Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method of gel electrophoresis used in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and clinical chemistry to separate a mixed population of macromolecules such as DNA or proteins in a matrix of agarose, one of the two main components of agar.

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Alpha helix

The alpha helix (α-helix) is a common motif in the secondary structure of proteins and is a righthand-spiral conformation (i.e. helix) in which every backbone N−H group donates a hydrogen bond to the backbone C.

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Alpha sheet

Alpha sheet (also known as alpha pleated sheet or polar pleated sheet) is an atypical secondary structure in proteins, first proposed by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey in 1951.

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Amyloid beta

Amyloid beta (Aβ or Abeta) denotes peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease as the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients.

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C11orf16

Gene C11orf16, chromosome 11 open reading frame 16, is a protein in humans that is encoded by the C11orf16 gene.

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C11orf86

Chromosome 11 open reading frame 86, also known as C11orf86, is a protein-coding gene in humans.

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C12orf42

Chromosome 12 Open Reading Frame 42 (C12orf42) is a protein-encoding gene in Homo sapiens.

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C15orf39

C15orf39 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the Chromosome 15 open reading frame 15 (C15orf39) gene.

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C1orf27

Uncharacterized protein Chromosome 1 Open Reading Frame 27 is a protein in humans, encoded by the C1orf27 gene.

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C7orf43

C7orf43 (Chromosome 7 Open reading frame 43) is a protein that in human is encoded by the gene C7orf43.

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Catalog of articles in probability theory

This page lists articles related to probability theory.

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Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase

Catechol 1,2- dioxygenase (1,2-CTD, catechol-oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase, 1,2-pyrocatechase, catechase, catechol 1,2-oxygenase, catechol dioxygenase, pyrocatechase, pyrocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase, CD I, CD II) is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative ring cleavage of catechol to form ''cis,cis''-muconic acid: More specifically, 1,2-CTD is an intradiol dioxygenase, a family of catechol dioxygenases that cleaves the bond between the phenolic hydroxyl groups of catechol using an Fe3+ cofactor.

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Circular dichroism

Circular dichroism (CD) is dichroism involving circularly polarized light, i.e., the differential absorption of left- and right-handed light.

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Circular polarization

In electrodynamics, circular polarization of an electromagnetic wave is a polarization state in which, at each point, the electric field of the wave has a constant magnitude but its direction rotates with time at a steady rate in a plane perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

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Collagen

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular space in the various connective tissues in animal bodies.

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Conformational ensembles

Conformational ensembles, also known as structural ensembles are experimentally constrained computational models describing the structure of intrinsically unstructured proteins.

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Conformational entropy

Conformational entropy is the entropy associated with the number of conformations of a molecule.

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Crystallographic database

A crystallographic database is a database specifically designed to store information about the structure of molecules and crystals.

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Denaturation (biochemistry)

Denaturation is a process in which proteins or nucleic acids lose the quaternary structure, tertiary structure, and secondary structure which is present in their native state, by application of some external stress or compound such as a strong acid or base, a concentrated inorganic salt, an organic solvent (e.g., alcohol or chloroform), radiation or heat.

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Elastin

Elastin is a highly elastic protein in connective tissue and allows many tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting.

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FAM221A

Family with sequence similarity 221 member A is a protein in humans that is encoded by the FAM221A gene.

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Folding funnel

The folding funnel hypothesis is a specific version of the energy landscape theory of protein folding, which assumes that a protein's native state corresponds to its free energy minimum under the solution conditions usually encountered in cells.

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Force field (chemistry)

In the context of molecular modeling, a force field (a special case of energy functions or interatomic potentials; not to be confused with force field in classical physics) refers to the functional form and parameter sets used to calculate the potential energy of a system of atoms or coarse-grained particles in molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations.

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Gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids

Nucleic acid electrophoresis is an analytical technique used to separate DNA or RNA fragments by size and reactivity.

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Gene expression

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product.

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Glutamate rich 5

Glutamate Rich Protein 5 is a protein in humans encoded by the ERICH5 gene, also known as Chromosome 8 open reading frame 47 (C8orf47).

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GOR method

The GOR method (Garnier-Osguthorpe-Robson) is an information theory-based method for the prediction of secondary structures in proteins.

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Guanidine

Guanidine is the compound with the formula HNC(NH2)2.

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Guanidinium chloride

Guanidinium chloride or guanidine hydrochloride, usually abbreviated GuHCl and sometimes GdnHCl or GdmCl, is the hydrochloride salt of guanidine.

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Helix–coil transition model

Helix–coil transition models are formalized techniques in statistical mechanics developed to describe conformations of linear polymers in solution.

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Index of biochemistry articles

Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms.

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Intrinsically disordered proteins

An intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) is a protein that lacks a fixed or ordered three-dimensional structure.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins.

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Kuhn length

The Kuhn length is a theoretical treatment, developed by Werner Kuhn, in which a real polymer chain is considered as a collection of N Kuhn segments each with a Kuhn length b. Each Kuhn segment can be thought of as if they are freely jointed with each other.

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Lifson–Roig model

In polymer science, the Lifson–Roig model is a helix-coil transition model applied to the alpha helix-random coil transition of polypeptides; it is a refinement of the Zimm-Bragg model that recognizes that a polypeptide alpha helix is only stabilized by a hydrogen bond only once three consecutive residues have adopted the helical conformation.

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Molecular dynamics

Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method for studying the physical movements of atoms and molecules.

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NBEAL1

NBEAL1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NBEAL1 gene.

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Nucleic acid double helix

In molecular biology, the term double helix refers to the structure formed by double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids such as DNA.

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Nucleic acid thermodynamics

Nucleic acid thermodynamics is the study of how temperature affects the nucleic acid structure of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA).

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Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, based on aliphatic or semi-aromatic polyamides.

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Path integrals in polymer science

A polymer is a macromolecule, composed of many similar or identical repeated subunits.

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Periodic boundary conditions

Periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) are a set of boundary conditions which are often chosen for approximating a large (infinite) system by using a small part called a unit cell.

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Polymer

A polymer (Greek poly-, "many" + -mer, "part") is a large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits.

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Polymer chemistry

Polymer chemistry is a chemistry subdiscipline that deals with the structures, chemical synthesis and properties of polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and elastomers.

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Poneratoxin

Poneratoxin is a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide made by the bullet ant Paraponera clavata.

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Protein fold class

Protein classes are broad categories of protein topologies.

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Protein folding

Protein folding is the physical process by which a protein chain acquires its native 3-dimensional structure, a conformation that is usually biologically functional, in an expeditious and reproducible manner.

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Protein secondary structure

Protein secondary structure is the three dimensional form of local segments of proteins.

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Protein structure

Protein structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule.

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SNARE (protein)

SNARE proteins (an acronym derived from "SNAP (Soluble NSF(N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) Attachment Protein) REceptor)" are a large protein complex consisting of at least 24 members in yeasts and more than 60 members in mammalian cells.

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Solvation

Solvation describes the interaction of solvent with dissolved molecules.

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TMEM8B

Transmembrane protein 8B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TMEM8B gene.

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Transcription factor II B

Transcription factor II B (TFIIB) is a general transcription factor that is involved in the formation of the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex (PIC) and aids in stimulating transcription initiation.

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Volume Area Dihedral Angle Reporter

Volume, Area, Dihedral Angle Reporter (VADAR) is a freely available protein structure validation web server that was developed as a collaboration between Dr.

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WDR90

WD repeat-containing protein 90 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR90 gene (16p13.3).

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Zimm–Bragg model

In statistical mechanics, the Zimm–Bragg model is a helix-coil transition model that describes helix-coil transitions of macromolecules, usually polymer chains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_coil

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