Announcement: ESF Workshop on "Molecular Recognition in Metalloproteins"

SCOPE AND AIM One of the main goals of modern protein chemistry is the understanding of structure-function relationships in biological molecules, that is, how a molecule with a precise spatial conformation and specific properties plays a particular role in the gearing of the cellular machinery. This is what we now call "molecular recognition", the means by which molecules recognize other molecules to interact with them either forming active complexes so as to fulfill a specific role, such as transferring atoms or electrons between them, or for any other function as well. Despite the fact that we know a great deal about molecular recognition, even more still remains unknown: How molecules interact one with others inside the cells? What are the factors that control the reaction mechanisms? Which are the structural features that determine the physiological function? During this three-day meeting in Seville the state-of-the-art on this subject will be discussed.