Results for “Entropy”
2 terms
Partition Function
Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics
Dimensionless
The central mathematical function in statistical mechanics that encodes statistical properties of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium.
Z = ∑ exp(-E_i / (kB T)) = ∑ g_i exp(-E_i / (kB T))
Protein Folding
Biophysics & Medical Physics
kJ/mol (Conformational Stability)
The physical process by which a polypeptide chain folds spontaneously into a characteristic 3D functional native structure.
Energy Funnel Concept: Minimizing Native State Free Energy G