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PTMs of proteins via mass spec?
I understand that mass spec is widely used to study PTMs like glycosylation of proteins, but how can mass spec determine correct PTM structure of say glycosylation if two glycan structures have the ...
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What biochemical molecule viewer allows for changes in amino acids and resulting tertiary structure?
I am familiar with the Jmol, Rasmol and PyMoL softwares, and was recently introduced to BioBlender. However, I am completely unaware if any of these programs (or others) are capable of loading a .pdb ...
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What is a good list of unsolved protein structures?
I'm trying to get a list of unique soluble structured proteins that don't have a solved structure. That is, they aren't the usual membrane proteins or some derivative of another protein.
Things that ...
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Rosetta ab initio prediction and protein-protein interaction fitness help
I have designed several proteins which I predict have interactions with another protein using the sequence based Conjoint Triad Method. I would like to know which ones structurally are predicted to ...
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JMol “calculate HBONDS”: which atom is the donor/acceptor?
JMol can be used to identify Hydrogen bonds in proteins by the script "calculate HBONDS". By outputting the state of the network, we can obtain a lisdt of H-bonds.
Here's one line from an example ...
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Two subunits connected by only one disulfide bridge: quaternary structure?
I've always simply assumed quaternary structure to be characterized by non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, van der Waals interactions and whatnot. However, if two distinct polypeptides ...
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Are quaternary protein monomers unique to a particular protein complex?
I know that quaternary protein structures are formed exclusively via non-covalent bonds. My biochemistry professor discussed a viral capsid that is essentially one quaternary structure with 240 ...
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What is the significance and method behind Ramachandran plots?
My PI showed a Ramachandran plot in class today with minimal explanation, but I'm interested in finding out more. I understand that the Ramachandran plot shows the relation between the omega phi and ...
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Can protein structure be determined by X-Ray Diffraction in a single image?
I'm reading about the use of x-ray crystallography to determine protein structure. According to my book, data is collected at 30-360 angles (dependent on the symmetry of the protein). An illustration ...
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How many human proteins are very well characterized?
Following up on How many human proteins have a solved 3D structure?,is there a list of very well characterized human proteins / protein complexes?
My criteria for "very well characterized" ...
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How many human proteins have a solved 3D structure?
I was wondering how many human proteins have a solved 3D structure. Is there a database with only human proteins? I looked at pdb but couldn't find a filter.