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Kinematics Study of Protein Chains and Protein Motion Simulation

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Micromechanics and Microactuators

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science ((Mechan. Machine Science,volume 2))

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Abstract

Proteins play an essential role in biochemical processes. Few years ago, a new viewpoint arose within protein researches, based on the parallelisms between proteins and mechanisms. In this paper the authors present an approach to obtain protein motion paths based on computational kinematic considerations. A potential energy field formula for potential energy checks is presented. Additionally, a normalization algorithm with the purpose of reducing the errors in experimental data and obtaining more stable structures is introduced. Finally, the simulation process for a specific protein is presented.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support received from the Spanish Government through the Ministerio de Educaci´y Ciencia (Project DPI2008-00159), the FEDER funds of the European Union and the Basque Regional Government (Project GIC07/78).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country, 48013, Bilbao, Spain

    V. Petuya, M. Diez, M. Urizar & A. Hernández

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  1. , Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India

    Gondi Kondaiah Ananthasuresh

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  3. , Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country, Alameda de Urquijo, Bilbao, 48013, Spain

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Petuya, V., Diez, M., Urizar, M., Hernández, A. (2012). Kinematics Study of Protein Chains and Protein Motion Simulation. In: Ananthasuresh, G., Corves, B., Petuya, V. (eds) Micromechanics and Microactuators. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2721-2_9

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