著者

吉田 紀生 丸山 豊 PHONGPHANPHANEE Saree 清田 泰臣 平田 文男

出版者

一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会

雑誌

生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.51, no.5, pp.222-225, 2011 (Released:2011-09-25)

参考文献数

13

被引用文献数

2 1

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Recent progress in the theory of molecular recognition in biomolecules is reviewed, which has been made based on the statistical mechanics of liquids or the 3D-RISM/RISM theory. The molecular recognition of a ligand by the protein is realized by the 3D-distribution functions: if one finds some conspicuous peaks in the distribution of a ligand inside protein, then the ligand is regarded as “recognized” by the protein. 3D-distribution functions can be obtained by means of 3D-RISM/RISM theory. Some biochemical processes are investigated, which are intimately related to the molecular recognition of small ligands such as water, ions, and carbon monoxide by a protein.