Editors:
- Deals mainly with the interplay of water and biomolecules, to a large part with protein folding and related aspects
- Gives a comprehensive state-of-the-art report on the latest results of research on biomolecules in water
- A valuable reference for researchers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Life is produced by the interplay of water and biomolecules. This book deals with the physicochemical aspects of such life phenomena produced by water and biomolecules, and addresses topics including "Protein Dynamics and Functions", "Protein and DNA Folding", and "Protein Amyloidosis". All sections have been written by internationally recognized front-line researchers. The idea for this book was born at the 5th International Symposium "Water and Biomolecules", held in Nara city, Japan, in 2008.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book covers the physical chemistry of biological processes that involve the joint action of biomolecules and water … . the book contains some very interesting and well-written contributions to the physical chemistry of life processes that I can recommend to researchers working in this field. Some chapters also present extremely well-written overviews that would be interesting to read also for non-specialists. … this volume contains a pronounced variety of contributions both in their subject matter as well as the quality of presentation.” (Rudolf Podgornik, Journal of Biological Physics, Vol. 36, April, 2010)Editors and Affiliations
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Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Japan
Kunihiro Kuwajima
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Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
Yuji Goto
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Institute for Molecular Science Department for Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Japan
Fumio Hirata
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Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
Mikio Kataoka
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Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Japan
Masahide Terazima
About the editors
Kunihiro Kuwajima is Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at the Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience. He also serves as a professor at the Institute for Molecular Science and at the Graduate University for Adavanced Studies (SOKENDAI). His major research interests are protein folding and molecular chaperones.
Yuji Goto is Professor of Protein Science at the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University. His major research interests are protein folding and misfolding including amyloid fibril formation.
Fumio Hirata is Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the Institute for Molecular Science. He also serves as a professor at the Graduate University for Adavanced Studies (SOKENDAI). His major interests are molecular theory of chemical processes in solution.
Mikio Kataoka is Professor of Biophysics at the Graduate School of Materials Science at Nara Institute of Science and Technology. He also serves as a group leader of Neutron Biophysics Group at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. His major research interests are the molecular basis of protein folding and functioning. He is also interested in the photoenergy conversion mechanism of light absorbing proteins.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water and Biomolecules
Book Subtitle: Physical Chemistry of Life Phenomena
Editors: Kunihiro Kuwajima, Yuji Goto, Fumio Hirata, Mikio Kataoka, Masahide Terazima
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88787-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88786-7Published: 24 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10022-2Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88787-4Published: 18 March 2009
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 307
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Proteomics