Molecular biology

Molecular biology

Contributors in Molecular biology

Molecular biology

The reaction of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in which molecular oxygen replaces carbon dioxide as a substrate, to form 3-phosphoglycerate and phosphoglycolate rather than two 3-phosphoglycerates. ...

Walden inversion

Biology; Biochemistry

A change of the configuration at an asymmetrical carbon atom due to the entry from one side of the centre of an attacking group, simultaneously with the departure from the other side of a leaving ...

Scaffold

Biology; Biochemistry

Protein engineers use the term to refer to a domain or small protein that is the object of mutation intended to introduce or refine a property, while retaining the folding of the polypeptide ...

Hopanoid

Biology; Biochemistry

One of a class of pentacyclic triterpenes derived from squalene that occur in the membranes of bacteria and some plants, fulfilling the functions served by sterols in the membranes of other ...

Trafficking

Biology; Biochemistry

The transport of substances, e.g. a newly synthesised or modified nucleic acid or protein, from one intracellular structure to another. Intracellular transport of proteins is known as protein ...

Biomimetic

Biology; Biochemistry

Descriptive of a compound or process that artificially simulates the function of a natural compound or process, e.g. a catalyst that employs the principles of enzyme specificity and rate ...