Biophysics Core Handbook
ExPASy Molecular Biology Server
The ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB). This server is dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE.
A tool for computating various physical and chemical parameters for a given protein stored in SWISS-PROT or TrEMBL or for a user entered sequence. The computed parameters include the molecular weight, theoretical pI, amino acid composition, atomic composition, extinction coefficient, estimated half-life, instability index, aliphatic index and grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY). (References).
A software program designed to interpret complex interactions recorded on biosensors. It combines numerical integration and non linear global curve fitting routines.
David Myszka, Director. Some information about analytical ultracentrifugation, titration calorimetry and optical biosensors (Biacore).
Temperature, length, energy, pressure, volume, density, specific volume, specific heat (entropy), enthalpy, thermal conductivity, viscosity, and coefficient of heat transfer conversions. Just enter a number and we will convert it for you!
Enter your coefficients and receive the answers!
Constants
|
Constant |
Value |
Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Avogadro constant | 6.022045 * 1023 | mol-1 |
| Boltzmann constant | 1.380662 * 10-23 | J mol-1 K-1 |
| 3.298 * 10-24 | cal mol-1 K-1 | |
| Electronic charge | 1.602 * 10-19 | C |
| Faraday constant | 96,485 | C mol-1 |
| Molar gas constant | 8.31441 | J mol-1 K-1 |
| 0.082057 * 10-3 | m3 atm mol-1 K-1 | |
| 1.987 | cal mol-1 K-1 | |
| Plank's constant | 6.626176 * 10-34 | J s |
| Velocity of light | 2.998 * 108 | m s-1 |
| Base of natural logarithms | 2.7183 | |
| Pi | 3.1416 |
More Information: E. R. Cohen & N. B. Taylor, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, vol 2(4), 1973.
Circular Dichroism
CD 222:208 ratio 1.10 => Coiled coil
CD 222:208 ratio 0.90 => HelixMolar Ellipticity Online Conversion
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Thermo-dynamics of Protein Unfolding
| Protein | pH | Delta H° (kcal mol-1) |
Delta S° (kcal K-1 mol-1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trypsin | 2.0 | 67.6 | 213 |
| Soybean trypsin inhibitor | 3.0 | 57.3 | 180 |
| Chymotrypsinogen | 2.0 | 99.6 | 316 |
| Chymotrypsinogen | 3.0 | 143 | 432 |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Elemental data index, physical constants, atomic spectroscopic data, molecular spectrscopic data, ionization data, x-ray and gamma-ray data, radiation dosimetry data, nuclear physics data, etc.

