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water structure is removed from protein surface, and its component water

molecules get randomized, while the oppositely charged groups on the

protein form intramolecular charge pairs (see the positively charged anion

and negatively charged carboxyl groups), another example of association

between groups. Ling continued:

Basic laws of electrostatics dictate that there is a tendency for the

positive end of one dipole water molecule to attract and interact with

the negative end of a neighboring water molecule. However, the

interaction does not stop there because the proximity of a neighboring

dipole also shift the electron distribution of each water molecule and

as a result, an induced dipole moment is created in both, by the mutual

electrical polarization also called induction. This of course is an

example of the second basic tenet of the association–induction

hypothesis: induction. [102]

Although the phenomenon of “induction” in water molecules is not

explicitly indicated in Figure 2.9, the ATP binding­ (or ATP association­)

induced conformational transition from the folded to the extended form of

the protein can be discerned in it, which could be viewed as an example

Figure 2.9 A schematic representation of the association–induction hypothesis of Ling

[4]. Water dipoles are represented as circles and a protein molecule as thick curvy line.

NPU = nanoprotoplasm unit, also called the “elementary living machine” in [105].

Reproduced from [4].

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