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Kinetics of polypeptide denaturation
Author(s) -
McQuarrie D. A.,
McTague J. P.,
Reiss H.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.360030605
Subject(s) - chemistry , kinetics , denaturation (fissile materials) , thermodynamics , reaction rate constant , formalism (music) , polymer , reactivity (psychology) , reaction rate , chemical kinetics , organic chemistry , catalysis , classical mechanics , physics , medicine , art , musical , alternative medicine , pathology , visual arts , nuclear chemistry
The irreversible kinetics of polypeptide denaturation and renaturation is discussed in terms of the Zimm‐Bragg equilibrium model. An exact solution is presented for situations in which the back reaction is negligible. The solution is given in terms of parameters which are rate constants for the elementary processes in denaturation or renaturation. The formalism is also applicable to reactions of linear polymers in which the reactivity of a given site depends on the state of reaction of its neighbors.