Multimedia

The following are animations in quicktime movie format. You will need quicktime movie player (and the browser plug-in) to play them. The files are BIG, so I don't recommend that you view them over a slow internet connection.

Protein secondary and tertiary structure

Hemoglobin structure and allostery

Illustration of enzyme-substrate binding and kinetics

Serine protease mechanism

Lactate dehydrogenase mechanism: hydride transfer between an alcohol and NAD+

Monosaccharide structure

DNA structure

The fluid mosaic model of membranes and illustration of membrane protein function

Summary of glycolysis

The mitochondrial electron transfer chain

Mechanism of the ATP synthase


© 2007 Scott A. Ensign