Proteins in Biology and Medicine
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Publisher Description
Among the properties that distinguish proteins from other biologically important macromolecules is their nearly unique ability to recognize other molecules, of any size, and to form highly selective complexes of variable duration with them. These interactions provide the “specificity” that is the fundamental basis of all living systems, being manifested in such phenomena as enzyme-substrate interactions, antibody-antigen complexes and cell-cell recognition to name only a few