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Enzymes (proteins) have characteristic, stable three-dimensional structures. Despite their apparently miraculous feats of discrimination and catalytic power, enzymes are stabilized and functionally primed by the same physical forces that operate on less glamorous systems such as liquids and solids. Nevertheless, it is important to characterize these forces as they appear to act in proteins since first-principle quantum mechanical calculations on such large systems are entirely impractical. We are faced with inevitable approximations and simplifications when attempting to calculate protein structure and dynamics.
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Somorjai, R.L. (1989). Proteins: Interactions and Dynamics. In: Cooper, A., Houben, J.L., Chien, L.C. (eds) The Enzyme Catalysis Process. Progress in Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1607-8_3
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