Research on the Function of Protein and Enzymes
During its decade-long research on protein and enzymes, the CAS Institute of Biophysics has made breakthroughs in many key aspects such as the quantitative relations between the modification of radical groups affiliated to protein and their biological activity, the irreversible inhibition of dynamics exhibited by enzyme activity, the resilience of enzymes, the formation of the correct structure of molecular insulin, the molecular chaperone of protein disulfide isomerase, and protein folding of molecular chaperone. In addition to claiming a first-class merit citation at the National Natural Science Award in 1987, the institute was presented with second-class merit citations at the National Science Award for relevant work in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002.
Academician Zou Chenglu conducts an experiment. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]
A textbook titled Enzymes (2000) gives a theoretical introduction to the irreversible inhibition of dynamics exhibited by enzyme activity. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]
A publication titled Resilience of Enzymes' Active Sites in 2004 [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]
Molecular chaperone (protein disulfide isomerase, bacteria DsbC and GroEL) assists protein folding [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]
