Protein structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule. Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides – formed...
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Protein structure prediction is the inference of the three-dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence—that is, the prediction of...
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Protein quaternary structure is the fourth (and highest) classification level of protein structure. Protein quaternary structure refers to the structure...
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Protein secondary structure is the local spatial conformation of the polypeptide backbone excluding the side chains. The two most common secondary structural...
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Protein primary structure is the linear sequence of amino acids in a peptide or protein. By convention, the primary structure of a protein is reported...
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Protein tertiary structure is the three-dimensional shape of a protein. The tertiary structure will have a single polypeptide chain "backbone" with one...
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a protein structure database is a database that is modeled around the various experimentally determined protein structures. The aim of most protein structure...
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Protein quinary structure refers to the features of protein surfaces that are shaped by evolutionary adaptation to the physiological context of living...
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responding to stimuli, providing structure to cells and organisms, and transporting molecules from one location to another. Proteins differ from one another primarily...
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Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP), sometimes called Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction, is a community-wide, worldwide...
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of protein structure prediction software summarizes notable used software tools in protein structure prediction, including homology modeling, protein threading...
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three-dimensional structure. This structure permits the protein to become biologically functional or active. The folding of many proteins begins even during...
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powerful frameworks for protein structure prediction, protein–protein interaction, and free energy calculations for protein structures. Using a graphical model...
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dynamic light scattering techniques. The spherical structure is induced by the protein's tertiary structure. The molecule's apolar (hydrophobic) amino acids...
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The Open Protein Structure Annotation Network (TOPSAN) is a wiki designed to collect, share and distribute information about protein three-dimensional...
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computational biology, de novo protein structure prediction refers to an algorithmic process by which protein tertiary structure is predicted from its amino...
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Protein biosynthesis, or protein synthesis, is a core biological process, occurring inside cells, balancing the loss of cellular proteins (via degradation...
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and crystallization. In addition, structures of many water-soluble protein domains of IMPs are available in the Protein Data Bank. Their membrane-anchoring...
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as proteins of known structures, but do not have homologous proteins with known structure. It differs from the homology modeling method of structure prediction...
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three-dimensional structure. Many proteins consist of several domains, and a domain may appear in a variety of different proteins. Molecular evolution...
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AlphaFold (category Protein folding)
DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet, which performs predictions of protein structure. It is designed using deep learning techniques. AlphaFold 1 (2018)...
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With the determination of the first structure of the complex between a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and a G-protein trimer (Gαβγ) in 2011 a new chapter...
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Structural alignment (redirect from Protein structure comparison)
more polymer structures based on their shape and three-dimensional conformation. This process is usually applied to protein tertiary structures but can also...
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Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) or ice structuring proteins refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit...
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Biomolecular structure is the intricate folded, three-dimensional shape that is formed by a molecule of protein, DNA, or RNA, and that is important to...
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understanding of protein function. Proteins can be designed from scratch (de novo design) or by making calculated variants of a known protein structure and its...
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Membrane proteins are common proteins that are part of, or interact with, biological membranes. Membrane proteins fall into several broad categories depending...
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and their structure has multiple levels. Protein structure has a four-level hierarchy. The primary structure is the sequence of amino acids that make...
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The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light in the blue to ultraviolet range. The label GFP...
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biology, an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) is a protein that lacks a fixed or ordered three-dimensional structure, typically in the absence of its...
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