Nature's Robots: A History of Proteins Book

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Chemistry
1	The naming	8
2	Crystallinity. Haemoglobin	21
3	The peptide bond	29
4	Proteins are true macromolecules	42
5	Bristling with charges	61
6	Fibrous proteins	76
7	Analytical imperative	84
8	Amino acid sequence	96
9	Subunits and domains	103
Pt. II	Detailed structure
10	Early approaches to protein folding	108
11	Hydrogen bonds and the [alpha]-helix	122
12	Irving Langmuir and the hydrophobic factor	131
13	Three-dimensional structure	141
Pt. III	Physiological function
14	An ancient and many-sided science	152
15	Are enzymes proteins?	164
16	Antibodies	176
17	Colour vision	188
18	Muscle contraction	196
19	Cell membranes	210
Pt. IV	How are proteins made?
20	The link to genetics	222
21	After the double helix: the triplet code	236
22	The new alchemy	244
	Notes and references	251
	Indexes	297