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Molecular Recognition and Self-Organization in Life Phenomena Studied by a Statistical Mechanics of Molecular
Masatake Sugita1, Itaru Onishi2, Masayuki Irisa2
1Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology, W8-76, 2-12-1, Ookayama Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
Abstract:
There are two molecular processes that are essential for living bodies to maintain their life: the molecular recognition, and the self-organization or self-assembly. Binding of a substrate by an enzyme is an example of the molecular recognition, while the protein folding is a good example of the self-organization process. The two processes are further governed by the other two physicochemical processes: solvation and the structural fluctuation. In the present article, the studies concerning the two molecular processes carried out by Hirata and his coworkers, based on the statistical mechanics of molecular liquids or the RISM/3D-RISM theory, are reviewed.
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