The three-dimensional conformation of biomolecules is of the utmost importance in their interactions; for example, in the binding of a substrate (reactant) to the catalytic site of an enzyme (Fig. 3-8), the two molecules must fit each other closely, in a complementary fashion, for biological function.
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Ab Initio. [Latin, From the beginning; from the first act; from the inception.] An agreement is said to be void ab initio if it has at no time had any legal validity. A party may be said to be a trespasser, an estate said to be good, an agreement or deed said to be void, or a marriage or act said to be unlawful, ab initio.