Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins (SPR Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins (RSC)) (vol. 6)

This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the book gives all the essential background chemistry to enable the reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular level. Content: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Conformations of amino acids and peptides; 3 Physicochemical properties of amino acids and peptides; 4 Reactions and analytical methods for amino acids and peptides; 5 Determination of the primary structures of peptides and proteins; 6 Synthesis of amino acids; 7 Methods for the synthesis of peptides; 8 Biological roles of amino acids and peptides; 9 Some aspects of amino-acid and peptide drug design; Subject index; Abstract: This text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in chemistry and biochemistry studying amino acids and peptides. The authors concentrate on amino acids and peptides without detailed discussions of proteins, although the book gives all the essential background chemistry to enable the reader to appreciate protein behaviour at the molecular level