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Introduction	I am a Thermodynamicist and Biochemist interested in the interaction of these fields since 1971. I have worked in universities and government research as well as private industry. I began my research career combining chemical thermodynamics, physics and natural selection to gain insight into the bacterial oxidation of a sulfide mineral. Among other things, I calculated, to an order of magnitude, whether certain conceivable mechanisms played a real part in the natural process. An extract from that thesis can be downloaded here. As background, the abstract, contents and bibliography of the thesis can be downloaded here. In the present protein work it is again a question of whether a proposed intermediate state can exist in sufficient abundance to be part of the natural process. Thermodynamics can answer that question. My interest in protein structure and function began in about 1991 while working in Biochemistry at Monash University. email: dvanselow@hotmail.com

Introduction

I am a Thermodynamicist and Biochemist interested in the interaction of these fields since 1971. I have worked in universities and government research as well as private industry. I began my research career combining chemical thermodynamics, physics and natural selection to gain insight into the bacterial oxidation of a sulfide mineral. Among other things, I calculated, to an order of magnitude, whether certain conceivable mechanisms played a real part in the natural process. An extract from that thesis can be downloaded here. As background, the abstract, contents and bibliography of the thesis can be downloaded here. In the present protein work it is again a question of whether a proposed intermediate state can exist in sufficient abundance to be part of the natural process. Thermodynamics can answer that question. My interest in protein structure and function began in about 1991 while working in Biochemistry at Monash University. email: dvanselow@hotmail.com