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Protein ligands - Definition |
| Related Words: Antheridium, Casein, Chlorophyll, Collagen, Dipeptide, Elastin, Globin, Globulin, Glycoprotein, Hemoglobin, Histone, Interferon, Lipid, Lipoprotein, Lysozyme |
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In biochemistry, a protein ligand is an atom, a molecule or an ion which can bind to a specific site on a protein. Interactions between any protein and its ligands are fundamental and essential for the protein to function properly.
Main methods to study protein-ligand interactions are principal hydrodynamic and calorimetric techniques, and principal spectroscopic and structural methods such as
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