Space filling models of enzymes are gigantic complex molecules, but might only have a few amino acids directly involved in catalytic reactions, nestled away in some little crevice. What are the other hundred or more amino acids doing?
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Enzymes have small active sites, but are giant molecules. What does the rest of the protein do?
How do bacteria targeting vaccines like Pneumovax work?
I was due for pneumovax today and as I left the clinic I realized "hey...wait a minute, isn't pneumonia also a bacterial thing?" before I could ask. Any way I tried reading the wikipedia entry on it and it does indeed safeguard against bacterial strains responsible for pneumonia. I'm not …
Are plants classified by ratio of root size to above ground size?
Is there a metric used of proportion above ground to proportion below? And is it used for anything?
Like do trees have a ratio of 70/30 but grasses are 80/20 and can it be used to determine health of plant or conditions?
Why aren’t all black holes the same size?
So a black hole is a point of infinite density where the curvature of space time has approached infinity. If infinity has only one value (which is infinity) then why are there black holes of different sizes and masses?
I understand that larger black holes may have consumed more mass …
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