Structural biology
Structural Biology
Structural biology is a branch of molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics concerned with the molecular structure of biological macromolecules, especially proteins and nucleic acids, how they acquire the structures they have, and how alterations in their structures affect their function.
Pronunciation
Struc·tur·al Bi·ol·o·gy
Etymology
The term "structural biology" is derived from the English words "structure" and "biology". "Structure" comes from the Latin word "structura" meaning "a fitting together, building" and "biology" comes from the Greek words "bios" meaning "life" and "logia" meaning "study of".
Related Terms
- Molecular Biology: The branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules essential to life.
- Biochemistry: The branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms.
- Biophysics: An interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena.
- Protein: A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds.
- Nucleic Acid: A complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Structural biology
- Wikipedia's article - Structural biology
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