Biomolecular Interfaces: Interactions, Functions and Drug Design

✍ Scribed by Ariel Fernández Stigliano (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book focuses on the aqueous interface of biomolecules, a vital yet overlooked area of biophysical research. Most biological phenomena cannot be fully understood at the molecular level without considering interfacial behavior.

The author presents conceptual advances in molecular biophysics that herald the advent of a new discipline, epistructural biology, centered on the interactions of water and bio molecular structures across the interface. The author introduces powerful theoretical and computational resources in order to address fundamental topics such as protein folding, the physico-chemical basis of enzyme catalysis and protein associations. On the basis of this information, a multi-disciplinary approach is used to engineer therapeutic drugs and to allow substantive advances in targeted molecular medicine. This book will be of interest to scientists, students and practitioners in the fields of chemistry, biophysics and biomedical engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
The Aqueous Interface of a Soluble Protein or the Birth of Epistructural Biology....Pages 1-33
Electrostatic Exploration of Biomolecular Interfaces: The Chemical Function of Interfacial Water....Pages 35-51
Semiempirical Solution to the Protein Folding Problem Through a Combination of Structural and Epistructural Approaches....Pages 53-82
Packing Defects and Protein Hydration: Dynamics of the Aqueous Interface....Pages 83-96
Proteins in the Order–Disorder Twilight: Unstable Interfaces Promote Protein Aggregation....Pages 97-126
Evolution of Protein Structure Degradation and Lessons for the Drug Designer....Pages 127-149
Chemical Functionality of the Aqueous Interface in Soluble Proteins....Pages 151-174
The Biomolecular Interface as a Selectivity Filter for Drug-Based Targeted Therapy....Pages 175-192
Wrapping-Based Re-engineering of an Anticancer Drug to Make it Safer....Pages 193-215
Biomolecular Interfaces Provide Universal Markers for Drug Specificity and Personalized Medicine....Pages 217-241
Controlling Induced Folding Through Wrapping Drug Design....Pages 243-258
Wrapping Drug Combinations for Therapeutic Editing of Side Effects: Systems Biology Meets Wrapping Technology....Pages 259-284
Multitarget Control of Drug Impact: A Therapeutic Imperative in Cancer Systems Biology....Pages 285-309
Engineering Therapeutic Alignments Between Immune Response and Molecularly Targeted Cancer Treatment....Pages 311-323
High-Level Quantum Chemistry Empowers the Wrapping Technology for Drug Design....Pages 325-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-372

✦ Subjects

Protein-Ligand Interactions; Membrane Biology; Molecular Medicine; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Biophysics and Biological Physics