Biomolecular complex
Biomolecular complex, also called macromolecular complex or biomacromolecular complex, is any biological complex made of more than one molecule of protein, RNA, DNA,
[1]lipids, carbohydrates. The interactions between these biomolecules are non-covalent.
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Examples:
Protein complexes, some of which are multienzyme complexes: proteasome, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, RNA polymerase II holoenzyme, symmetric viral capsids, chaperonin complex GroEL-GroES, photosystem I, ATP synthase, ferritin.- RNA-protein complexes: ribosome, spliceosome, vault, SnRNP. Such complexes in cell nucleus are called ribonucleoproteins (RNPs).
- DNA-protein complexes: nucleosome.
- Protein-lipid complexes: lipoprotein.[3][4]
The biomacromolecular complexes are studied structurally by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy of proteins, cryo-electron microscopy and successive single particle analysis, and electron tomography.
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The atomic structure models obtained by X-ray crystallography and biomolecular NMR spectroscopy can be docked into the much larger structures of biomolecular complexes obtained by lower resolution techniques like electron microscopy, electron tomography, and small-angle X-ray scattering.
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See also
- Quaternary structure
- Multiprotein complex
Macromolecular assembly: macromolecular assembly in biology is the same as biomacromolecular complex.
Organelle: the broadest definition of "organelle" includes not only membrane bound cellular structures, but also very large biomolecular complexes.- Multi-state modeling of biomolecules
References
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Further reading
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Berg, J.
Tymoczko, J. and
Stryer, L., Biochemistry. (W. H. Freeman and Company, 2002),
ISBN 0-7167-4955-6
Cox, M. and
Nelson, D. L., Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004),
ISBN 0-7167-4339-6
