Hummer Gerhard, Tokmakoff Andrei
Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Department of Chemistry, The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
J Chem Phys. 2014 Dec 14;141(22):22D101. doi: 10.1063/1.4901337.
This special issue presents a series of papers that highlight a new and evolving view of water's molecular role in biological structure and dynamics. Increasingly water is appreciated for playing an active role in biological function rather than just serving as a spectator. The areas represented include molecular interfaces with water, biological self-assembly, conformational changes by macromolecules, and chemical reactivity.
本期特刊发表了一系列论文,这些论文突出了水在生物结构和动力学中的分子作用的一种新的且不断发展的观点。人们越来越认识到水在生物功能中发挥着积极作用,而不仅仅是旁观者。所涉及的领域包括与水的分子界面、生物自组装、大分子的构象变化以及化学反应性。