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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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 structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule. Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides – formed...
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Secondary structure elements typically spontaneously form as an intermediate before the protein folds into its three dimensional tertiary structure. Secondary...
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secondary and tertiary structure from primary structure. Structure prediction is different from the inverse problem of protein design. Protein structure prediction...
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molecular biology, protein fold classes are broad categories of protein tertiary structure topology. They describe groups of proteins that share similar...
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The tertiary structure of a protein or any other macromolecule is its three-dimensional structure, as defined by the atomic coordinates. Proteins and...
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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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core of the protein. Secondary structure hierarchically gives way to tertiary structure formation. Once the protein's tertiary structure is formed and...
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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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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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The Protein Data Bank (PDB) file format is a textual file format describing the three-dimensional structures of molecules held in the Protein Data Bank...
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3D structure of the polypeptide chain is referred to as the protein's tertiary structure. Domains are the fundamental units of tertiary structure, each...
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term "tertiary structure" is often used as synonymous with the term fold. The tertiary structure is what controls the basic function of the protein. Quaternary...
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secondary structure then folds to produce the tertiary structure of the protein. The tertiary structure is the proteins overall 3D structure which is made...
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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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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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Beta sheet (redirect from Greek key (protein structure))
(β-sheet, also β-pleated sheet) is a common motif of the regular protein secondary structure. Beta sheets consist of beta strands (β-strands) connected laterally...
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Nucleic acid tertiary structure is the three-dimensional shape of a nucleic acid polymer. RNA and DNA molecules are capable of diverse functions ranging...
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A protein contact map represents the distance between all possible amino acid residue pairs of a three-dimensional protein structure using a binary two-dimensional...
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descent to a protein sequence of known structure (called a template), comparative protein modeling may be used to predict the tertiary structure. Templates...
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Prion (redirect from Cellular prion protein)
Effective prion decontamination relies upon protein hydrolysis or reduction or destruction of protein tertiary structure. Examples include sodium hypochlorite...
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Quinary structure is thus the fifth level of protein complexity, additional to protein primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures. As opposed...
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Denaturation (biochemistry) (redirect from Denatured protein)
total alteration of the native secondary, and/or tertiary, and/or quaternary structures of proteins or nucleic acids resulting in a loss of bioactivity...
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as proteins, nucleic acids have four levels of structural arrangement: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure. Primary structure is the...
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flexible segments of proteins tertiary structure that are not well resolved by protein crystallographic studies. Some cytosolic proteins are recruited to...
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Molten globule (category Protein structure)
tertiary structure of completely folded proteins (hence the "molten"). Protein folding is navigated by a dynamic interplay of secondary and tertiary interactions...
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AlphaFold (category Protein folding)
DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet, which performs predictions of protein structure. The program is designed as a deep learning system. AlphaFold software...
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The most common tertiary structures of these proteins are transmembrane helix bundle and beta barrel. The portion of the membrane proteins that are attached...
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