Author : Anirban Banerji
Release : 2014-07-08
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 515/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior by : Anirban Banerji
Download or read book Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior written by Anirban Banerji. This book was released on 2014-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential question that fractal dimensions attempt to answer is about the scales in Nature. For a system as non-idealistic and complex as a protein, studying scale-invariance becomes particularly important. Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior investigates the diverse facets of the various scales at which we describe protein biophysical and biochemical phenomena. Following a thorough introduction to fractal dimensions, fractal-dimension-based approaches, that have been employed to study protein interior biophysical properties, are described. The focus is on the question “which scales are scale-invariant?” Investigations related to scaling of biophysical and biochemical behaviors may one day help us to formulate a fundamental theory about protein biophysics; which, in turn, may help us to understand fundamental principles of proteins.