Importance of Translational Entropy of Water in Sustaining Life

• KINOSHITA Masahiro

  International Innovation Center, Kyoto University

• HARANO Yuichi

  International Innovation Center, Kyoto University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 生命現象発現における水の並進エントロピーの重要性
• セイメイ ゲンショウ ハツゲン ニ オケル ミズ ノ ヘイシン エントロピー ノ ジュウヨウセイ

Abstract

In the biological system, various processes of the self-assembly and formation of ordered structure (e.g., protein folding, molecular recognition, association of protein molecules, and protein-membrane association) occur to sustain life. By referring to our results of analyses using statistical-mechanical theories, we argue that the entropic gain originating from the translational movement of water molecules play crucially important roles in these processes.<br>

Journal

• Seibutsu Butsuri

  Seibutsu Butsuri 46 (4), 214-219, 2006

  The Biophysical Society of Japan General Incorporated Association

Keywords

• self-assembly
• protein folding
• molecular recognition
• water
• entropic force
• translational entropy

Details

• CRID: 1390001206534979328
• NII Article ID: 110004751711
• NII Book ID: AN00129693
• DOI: 10.2142/biophys.46.214
• ISSN: 13474219
• ISSN: 05824052
• NDL BIB ID: 8051879
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8051879
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biophys/46/4/46_4_214/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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