Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures

Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Structures by George A. Jeffrey, Wolfram Saenger.

Hydrogen bonds are weak attractions, with a binding strength less than one-tenth that of a normal covalent bond. However, hydrogen bonds are of extraordinary importance; without them all wooden structures would collapse, cement would crumble, oceans would vaporize, and all living things would disint...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey, George A. (Author), Saenger, Wolfram (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Cell biology.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Biochemistry.
Organic chemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • IA Basic Concepts
  • 1 The Importance of Hydrogen Bonds
  • 2 Definitions and Concepts
  • 3 Experimental Studies of Hydrogen Bonding
  • 4 Theoretical Calculations of Hydrogen-Bond Geometries
  • 5 Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Molecular Structure
  • IB Hydrogen-Bond Geometry
  • 6 The Importance of Small Molecule Structural Studies
  • 7 Metrical Aspects of Two-Center Hydrogen Bonds
  • 8 Metrical Aspects of Three- and Four-Center Hydrogen Bonds
  • 9 Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds
  • 10 Weak Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions Formed by C-H Groups as Donors and Aromatic Rings as Acceptors
  • 11 Halides and Halogen Atoms as Hydrogen-Bond Acceptors
  • 12 Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor Geometries
  • II Hydrogen Bonding in Small Biological Molecules
  • 13 Hydrogen Bonding in Carbohydrates
  • 14 Hydrogen Bonding in Amino Acids and Peptides: Predominance of Zwitterions
  • 15 Purines and Pyrimidines
  • 16 Base Pairing in the Purine and Pyrimidine Crystal Structures
  • 17 Hydrogen Bonding in the Crystal Structures of the Nucleosides and Nucleotides
  • III Hydrogen Bonding in Biological Macromolecules
  • 18 O-H ··· O Hydrogen Bonding in Crystal Structures of Cyclic and Linear Oligoamyloses: Cyclodextrins, Maltotriose, and Maltohexaose
  • 19 Hydrogen Bonding in Proteins
  • 20 The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in the Structure and Function of the Nucleic Acids
  • IV Hydrogen Bonding by the Water Molecule
  • 21 Hydrogen-Bonding Patterns in Water, Ices, the Hydrate Inclusion Compounds, and the Hydrate Layer Structures
  • 22 Hydrates of Small Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Peptides, Purines, Pyrimidines, Nucleosides and Nucleotides
  • 23 Hydration of Proteins
  • 24 Hydration of Nucleic Acids
  • 25 The Role of Three-Center Hydrogen Bonds in the Dynamics of Hydration and of Structure Transition
  • References
  • Refcodes.

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