Electron donorIn chemistry, an electron donor is a chemical entity that donates electrons to another compound. It is a reducing agent that, by virtue of its donating electrons, is itself oxidized in the process. Typical reducing agents undergo permanent chemical alteration through covalent or ionic reaction chemistry. This results in the complete and irreversible transfer of one or more electrons. In many chemical circumstances, however, the transfer of electronic charge to an electron acceptor may be only fractional, meaning an electron is not completely transferred, but results in an electron resonance between the donor and acceptor.
Binding siteIn biochemistry and molecular biology, a binding site is a region on a macromolecule such as a protein that binds to another molecule with specificity. The binding partner of the macromolecule is often referred to as a ligand. Ligands may include other proteins (resulting in a protein-protein interaction), enzyme substrates, second messengers, hormones, or allosteric modulators. The binding event is often, but not always, accompanied by a conformational change that alters the protein's function.
GlycoprotéineUne glycoprotéine est une protéine portant un ou plusieurs groupements oligosides. C'est un hétéroside (composé de plusieurs oses différents) dont le premier motif glucidique est fixé de façon covalente à la chaine polypeptidique. Une glycoprotéine est synthétisée par la glycosylation d’une protéine, qui peut être de trois types (N-glycosylation, C-glycosylation et O-glycosylation) selon l’acide aminé utilisé, asparagine (NH2), tryptophane (en C2), sérine ou thréonine (OH).
