conformational
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- adjective
- /kənˌfɔːrməˈneɪʃənl/
- Specialized
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conformacional
- Subsequent conformational changes of the receptors lead to the excitation of internal signaling pathways.
- conformational changes
They relies on the shape, the conformational dynamics of these small G proteins.
- They relies on the shape, the conformational dynamics of these small G proteins.
- And then there's a whole army of of proteins that which change the conformational state, chaperone proteins.
Examples
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Because there are no conformational changes during the reaction, this calculation could be performed only once.
Academic text (2001) -
Caspase-3 can induce a conformational change in ROCK-1 during apoptosis, which leads to a persistent activation state of ROCK-1 (24, 25).
Academic text (2018) -
In general, molecular dynamics is not a very efficient method of searching conformational space.
Blog text (24) -
Institute used smFRET to learn more about the protein's conformational changes.
Academic text (2011) -
Peptides, being favorite targets for solution conformational analysis, are often subjected to such analysis.
Blog text (24) -
There's a lot of conformational change that's happening.
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However, MD can be a good way of exploring conformational space if the molecule is highly constrained in the first place.
Blog text (24) -
The International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR, 2010) guidelines for conformational recording of dairy cattle were followed in this study.
Academic text (2013) -
The best characterized and most type-specific antibodies are those directed against conformational epitopes of the L1 capsid protein assembled as VLPs.
Blog text (15) -
Scientists study the conformational structure of proteins to understand their functions better.
Synonyms
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The way parts are arranged to form a structure, like a molecule or building
Showing how parts fit together in a whole
About the shape or arrangement of something
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
conformational = conformation (semi-transparent) = con + form + ation + al
Given the noun 'conformation', adding '-al' straightforwardly yields an adjective meaning 'relating to conformation'.
Etymology
Conformational comes from the parts con- meaning 'with' and form meaning 'shape', the same root as the everyday word form. So conformational describes how parts 'take shape' or are 'arranged', which is why scientists use it for changes in a molecule's or object's shape.