Biophysics 2020 - Lecture 5
Channel: Erik Lindahl
Date: 2020-01-26

More discussions of the implications of the Boltzmann distribution and free energy. Introduction to protein structure. Fibrous proteins are extensive building blocks in the body. Globular proteins are the water-soluble ones, and are classified as either alpha helix-only, beta-sheet only, or mixed alpha/beta. Sequences have evolved for structures to fit a particular fold, and there are surprisingly few different ones.