Random coil: Polymer, Monomer, Glass Transition, Protein, Peptide, Peptide Bond, Amino Acid, Circular Dichroism, Chemical Shift

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A random coil is a polymer conformation where the monomer subunits are oriented randomly while still being bonded to adjacent units. It is not one specific shape, but a statistical distribution of shapes for all the chains in a population of macromolecules. The conformation's name is derived from the idea that, in the absence of specific, stabilizing interactions, a polymer backbone will "sample" all possible conformations randomly. Many linear, unbranched homopolymers - in solution, or above their melting temperatures - assume (approximate) random coils. Even copolymers with monomers of unequal length will distribute in random coils if the subunits lack any specific interactions. The parts of branched polymers may also assume random coils.

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