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Acquiring insights into the mechanisms governing biological activity and, in general, molecular recognition has important consequences because it can result in improved techniques for designing new drugs and engineering proteins with desired properties and functions in a specific environment.
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De Rienzo, F., Gabdoulline, R.R., Wade, R.C., Menziani, M.C. (2002). Biologically Relevant Properties of Copper-Containing Proteins Analyzed by Means of Semiquantitative and Quantitative Theoretical Descriptors. In: Massaro, E.J. (eds) Handbook of Copper Pharmacology and Toxicology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-288-3_3
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