Index 613
thermodynamics interlinked
with molecular dynamics
and, 545
Biomaterials, 561-566
protein-based polymer use as,
488-489
utility of advanced, 455^56
Biomolecular machines, 62-66
Biosensors, 525-533, 565-566
Biosynthesis, 561-566
protein-based polymer,
469^76
proteins of varied sequences
produced by, 30-32
Blood clotting
cusp of insolubility and,
283-294
fibrin clot, control of, 284-294
the Bohr Effect, 262-263
complex IV, 392
redox, 392
Boisvert, D.C., 311, 312, 327
Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE),
296
Boyer, P.B., 404, 412,453
Bronowski, J., 561
BSE. See Bovine spongiform
encephalopathy
Butler, J.A.V, 112,114,118,146,
147,172,181,185,201,
212,
213,264, 310, 325,
331,
334,425,449, 544, 572
CandeUUa wax synthesis, 81
Carbohydrates
animal starch, 76
cellulose, 76
D-glucose formation of, 76
photosynthesis production of,
354-355
plant starches, 76
structure, 76-77
synthesis, 76-77
Carbon (C), 29,72
mirror image molecules and
atom key of, 75-76
molecules containing, 74-75
Carboxylates, 115
Carboxylate state, fully charged,
10-11
Carboxyl ionization, 254-256
Carnauba wax synthesis, 81
Cell membranes
lipid bilayer assembly for, 78,
79
protein channels in, ion flow
through, 79-80
protein machine role in, 79-80
Cellulose, 76
Cerebral thrombosis, 3
CH2 units
solubility, water, 109-111
Trdivide moving by adding,
113-115
Chain molecules, 1
Chaos
energy inputs and, 228-235,
229-231
order created out of, 228-235,
566-568
reversing, 229-231
Chaperonins
consilient mechanism
exemplified by design of,
314-320
hydrophobicity unfolding/
refolding directed by,
308-314
molecular structure of, 305
substrates, 305-308
Charged groups (vinegar-like
groups)
ATP-produced repulsion
between hydrocarbon
groups and, 11
classic, 9
free energy and, 340, 341
hydrocarbon groups and, 11
competition for water
between,
6-10,18,123-124
hydrophobic hydration and,
119,
340, 341
Chemical energy, 32
acid, 221-222
ATP,
glucose oxidation for,
68n27
contraction driven by, 37
definition, 60-61
de-mixing achieved by, 221,
230-231
efficiency, 60-61
input
efficiencies, 206-208
temperature interval and
transition zone for,
152-154
light energy converted to, 44
mechanical work produced by,
151-156
motion produced by, 220-222
oil-like character of protein
increased by, 40
salt, 220-221
self-assembly achieved by, 221,
230-231
Chemical synthesis, 457-458,
476-482, 477^78
biocompatibility of protein-
based material, 478-482
DNA, 89-90
practicality, 478
protein-based material,
478-482
protein-based polymer,
476-482
repeating sequence protein-
based polymers solved
with, 473,477-478
Chemical work, 122
Chemochemical transducer,
398-400
Chemoelectrical transduction,
122
Chemomechanical transduction,
120,172
efficiencies, 342
efficiency statement for,
208-209
electrostatic charge-charge
repulsion and efficiencies
of, 208-210
myosin II motor, 555-561
Cholesterol synthesis, 80
Chronic wasting disease (CWD),
296
Cinnamide, 137
Citric acid cycle, 356
CJD.
See Creutzfeld-Jakob
disease
Clam-shaped globular protein
ATP analogue binding to
cross-bridge and, 57
contraction derived from
hydrophobically closed,
53,55
filament assembly, 52-53
muscle contraction as variation
on, 57, 58
scallop muscle and motif of,
56-59