org.jscience.biology
Class Enzyme

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.biology.Protein
      org.jscience.biology.Enzyme

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Enzyme
extends Protein

A class representing an Enzyme. An enzyme is a protein used as catalyst in some biological reactions. (Some enzymes which ARE NOT proteins have recently been discovered, though. We do not consider this by now as they do not fit with the common definition.).

Field Summary

static int	HYDROLASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	ISOMERASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	LIGASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	LYASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	OXYDO_REDUCTASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	TRANSFERASE DOCUMENT ME!
static int	UNKNOWN DOCUMENT ME!

Constructor Summary

Enzyme(AminoAcid[] aminoacids)
Creates a new Enzyme object.

Enzyme(mRNA mrna, Alphabet coding)
Creates a new Enzyme object.

Enzyme(java.lang.String acids)
Creates a new Enzyme object.

Method Summary

int	getKind() DOCUMENT ME!
void	setKind(int kind) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.biology.Protein

clone, getAminoAcids

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UNKNOWN

public static final int UNKNOWN

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Constant Field Values

OXYDO_REDUCTASE

public static final int OXYDO_REDUCTASE

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TRANSFERASE

public static final int TRANSFERASE

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HYDROLASE

public static final int HYDROLASE

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LYASE

public static final int LYASE

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ISOMERASE

public static final int ISOMERASE

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LIGASE

public static final int LIGASE

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Constructor Detail

Enzyme

public Enzyme(mRNA mrna,
              Alphabet coding)

Creates a new Enzyme object.

Parameters:

mrna - DOCUMENT ME!

coding - DOCUMENT ME!

Enzyme

public Enzyme(AminoAcid[] aminoacids)

Creates a new Enzyme object.

Parameters:

aminoacids - DOCUMENT ME!

Enzyme

public Enzyme(java.lang.String acids)

Creates a new Enzyme object.

Parameters:

acids - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getKind

public int getKind()

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Returns:

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setKind

public void setKind(int kind)

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Parameters:

kind - DOCUMENT ME!