Protein molecules as computational elements in living cells.
Many proteins in living cells appear to have as their primary function the transfer and processing of information, rather than the chemical transformation of metabolic intermediates or the building of cellular structures. Such proteins are functionally linked through allosteric or other mechanisms into biochemical 'circuits' that perform a variety of simple computational tasks including amplification, integration and information storage.
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK.
D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
D011506:Proteins