This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning
graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino
acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and
peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the
book gives all the essential background chemistry, including
sequence determination, synthesis and spectroscopic methods, to
enable the reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular
level. The approach is intended to encourage the reader to cross
classical boundaries, as in the later chapters on the biological
roles of amino acids and the design of peptide-based drugs. For
example, there is a section on the enzyme-catalysed synthesis of
peptides, with suitable examples, an area often neglected in texts
describing peptide synthesis. This modern text will be of value in
the amino acid, peptide and protein field, to advanced
undergraduates, graduate students and research workers.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Peptide conformations; 3. Physicochemical
properties of amino acids and peptides; 4. Reactions and analytical
methods for amino acids and peptides; 5. Determination of primary
structure of peptides; 6. Synthesis of amino acids; 7. Synthesis of
peptides; 8. Biological roles of amino acids and peptides; 9. Some
aspects of amino acid and peptide drug design.
This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning
graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino
acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and
peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the
book gives all the essential background chemistry to enable the
reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular
level.
Advanced undergraduate/graduate text for chemists and biochemists
working on amino acids and peptides.
Ausstattung/Bilder: 240 pages - 192 line diagrams 10 tables
Seitenzahl: 240
Englisch
ISBN-13: 9780521462921
ISBN-10: 0521462924
Best.Nr.: 26930945
'Any applied scientist who needs to know more about the underlying chemistry of amino acids and peptides need look no further than this concise little text ... I wholeheartedly recommend it.' Food Chemistry 'As a whole, the book can be recommended to students and newcomers to peptide chemistry.' Angewandte Chemie '... a useful adjunct to advanced undergraduate courses looking for a text.' European Peptide Society Newsletter
1. Introduction 2. Peptide conformations 3. Physicochemical properties of amino acids and peptides 4. Reactions and analytical methods for amino acids and peptides 5. Determination of primary structure of peptides 6. Synthesis of amino acids 7. Synthesis of peptides 8. Biological roles of amino acids and peptides 9. Some aspects of amino acid and peptide drug design
