Anaerobic digestion is increasingly being used to treat wastes from many sources because
of its manifold advantages over aerobic treatment, eg low sludge production and low energy …

The biogenesis, folding, and structure of α-helical membrane proteins (MPs) are important to
understand because they underlie virtually all physiological processes in cells including key …

Microbial transformations of cyclic hydrocarbons have received much attention during the
past three decades. Interest in the degradation of environmental pollutants as well as in …

The partitioning of membrane-active oligopeptides into membrane interfaces promotes the
formation of secondary structure. A quantitative description of the coupling of structure …

▪ Abstract Stably folded membrane proteins reside in a free energy minimum determined by
the interactions of the peptide chains with each other, the lipid bilayer hydrocarbon core, the …

Gene‐encoded antimicrobial peptides are an important component of host defense in
animals ranging from insects to mammals. They do not target specific molecular receptors …

One of the ubiquitous features of membrane proteins is the preference of tryptophan and
tyrosine residues for membrane surfaces that presumably arises from enhanced stability due …

Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the experimental information on protein
energetics. This field is developing fast and the concept of the energetics of protein structure …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that assume an amphipathic α helical structure are
widespread in nature. Their activity depends on several parameters including the sequence …

The thermodynamic principles underlying the structural stability of membrane proteins are
difficult to obtain directly from whole proteins because of intractable problems related to …