A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biological processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid. It is composed of thousands of covalently...

is the relative stereochemistry of adjacent chiral centers within a macromolecule.[better source needed] The practical significance of tacticity rests...

IUPAC definition A polymer is a substance composed of macromolecules. A macromolecule is a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of...

Macromolecules is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that has been published since 1968 by the American Chemical Society. Initially published bimonthly...

IUPAC definitions graft macromolecule: A macromolecule with one or more species of block connected to the main chain as side-chains, these side-chains...

first dendrimers, the Newkome dendrimer, was synthesized in 1985. This macromolecule is also commonly known by the name arborol. The figure outlines the...

intercellular matrix (ICM), is a network consisting of extracellular macromolecules and minerals, such as collagen, enzymes, glycoproteins and hydroxyapatite...

when a ligand L binds with a macromolecule M, it can influence binding kinetics of other ligands L binding to the macromolecule. A simplified mechanism can...

chemistry, they are functional groups that are at the very ends of a macromolecule or oligomer (IUPAC). In polymer synthesis, like condensation polymerization...

IUPAC definition Macromonomer molecule: A macromolecule that has one end-group which enables it to act as a monomer molecule, contributing only a single...

a region on a macromolecule such as a protein that binds to another molecule with specificity. The binding partner of the macromolecule is often referred...

different units. In molecular biology and biochemistry, the mass of macromolecules is referred to as their molecular weight and is expressed in kilodaltons...

nucleotides, but also for the production of all classes of biological macromolecules, and of acetyl-coenzyme A, adenosine triphosphate, nicotinamide adenine...

degree of polymerization, or DP, is the number of monomeric units in a macromolecule or polymer or oligomer molecule. For a homopolymer, there is only one...

molecules, and the entire crystal or amorphous solid may be considered a macromolecule. Formulas for network solids, like those for ionic compounds, are simple...

definition Macrocycle: Cyclic macromolecule or a macromolecular cyclic portion of a macromolecule. Note 1: A cyclic macromolecule has no end-groups but may...

A peculiarity of thermal motion of very long linear macromolecules in entangled polymer melts or concentrated polymer solutions is reptation. Derived from...

In polymer physics, the coil–globule transition is the collapse of a macromolecule from an expanded coil state through an ideal coil state to a collapsed...

or groups, if any) comprising a part of the essential structure of a macromolecule, an oligomer molecule, a block or a chain. constitutional repeating...

two closely related equations that reflect the binding of ligands to macromolecules, as a function of the ligand concentration. A ligand is "a substance...

thereby contributing constitutional units to the essential structure of a macromolecule. Chemistry classifies monomers by type, and two broad classes based...

Biological Macromolecules is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research into chemical and biological aspects of all natural macromolecules. It publishes...

the branched macromolecule in a given solvent, and sl is the mean square radius of gyration of an otherwise identical linear macromolecule in the same...

to the completed macromolecule PX, where X denotes one end-group of the macromolecule. The example shows that the growing macromolecule as well as the transfer...

nerve and muscle cells. The cytosol also contains large amounts of macromolecules, which can alter how molecules behave, through macromolecular crowding...

biopolymer; it is also referred to as the primary structure of a biological macromolecule. While it can refer to many different molecules, the term sequence is...

conformational change is a change in the shape of a macromolecule, often induced by environmental factors. A macromolecule is usually flexible and dynamic. Its shape...

developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich (the latter for work in NMR...

Anabolism (/əˈnæbəlɪzəm/) is the set of metabolic pathways that construct macromolecules like DNA or RNA from smaller units. These reactions require energy,...

developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules. Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics...