Abstract
Molecular recognition or biorecognition is as the heart of all biological interactions. These interactions are characterized by a collection of noncovalent bonds, namely ionic, hydrogen-bonding and hydrophobic interactions. In addition, shape complementarity appears to play a pivotal role in the process of biorecognition. In this review, we examine the versatile avidin-biotin complex as a model system for study of the biorecognition phenomenon with respect to protein-protein, protein-peptide, protein-ligand and protein-DNA interactions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 27-32 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Immunology Letters |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Feb 2006 |
Keywords
- Avidin
- Catalysis
- Protein-ligand
- Protein-protein
- Streptavidin