Structural Biology
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[[Structural Biology]] is a branch of molecular biology & biochemistry concerned with the the molecular structure of biological macromolecules like proteins and [[Nucleic Acids|nucleic acids]]. It focuses on determining the structure of macromolecules to better understand their function and how to manipulate these macromolecules to develop therapeutics and broaden our understanding of biological phenomena. | [[Structural Biology]] is a branch of molecular biology & biochemistry concerned with the the molecular structure of biological macromolecules like proteins and [[Nucleic Acids|nucleic acids]]. It focuses on determining the structure of macromolecules to better understand their function and how to manipulate these macromolecules to develop therapeutics and broaden our understanding of biological phenomena. | ||
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| - | Articles in Proteopedia concerning Structural Biology include: | + | Articles in Proteopedia concerning [[Structural Biology]] include: |
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| - | * [[About Macromolecular Structure | + | * [[About Macromolecular Structure]] - An Index to pages that explain structural biology terms and concepts. |
* Methods of Structure Determination | * Methods of Structure Determination | ||
| + | ** [[Empirical models]]: the 3 major methods for determining macromolecular structures. | ||
** NMR | ** NMR | ||
*** [[NMR Ensembles of Models]] | *** [[NMR Ensembles of Models]] | ||
| + | *** [[Quality assessment for molecular models]] | ||
** X-Ray Crystallography | ** X-Ray Crystallography | ||
| + | *** [[Anisotropic refinement]] | ||
*** [[Asymmetric Unit]] | *** [[Asymmetric Unit]] | ||
*** [[Biological Unit]] | *** [[Biological Unit]] | ||
*** [[Electron density maps]] | *** [[Electron density maps]] | ||
| + | *** [[Free R]] | ||
| + | *** [[Quality assessment for molecular models]] | ||
| + | *** [[R value]] | ||
| + | *** [[Resolution]] | ||
| + | *** [[Temperature value]] | ||
*** [[X-ray crystallography]] | *** [[X-ray crystallography]] | ||
* Methods of Structure & Sequence Analysis | * Methods of Structure & Sequence Analysis | ||
** Structural Analysis & Visualization | ** Structural Analysis & Visualization | ||
| + | *** [[Atomic coordinate file]] | ||
*** [[Chime]] | *** [[Chime]] | ||
*** [[CPK]] - Corey-Pauling-Koltun spacefilling molecular models and color scheme for elements | *** [[CPK]] - Corey-Pauling-Koltun spacefilling molecular models and color scheme for elements | ||
*** [[DRuMS]] - set of standard color schemes for macromolecular visualization | *** [[DRuMS]] - set of standard color schemes for macromolecular visualization | ||
*** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Generate Unfolded Structures|Generate Unfolded Structures]] | *** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Generate Unfolded Structures|Generate Unfolded Structures]] | ||
| + | *** [[Improving published models]] | ||
| + | *** [[Molecular modeling and visualization software]] | ||
| + | *** [[Morphs]] | ||
| + | *** [[PDB identification code]] | ||
| + | *** [[Protein Data Bank]] | ||
| + | *** [[Ramachandran Plots]] | ||
*** [[Structural alignment tools]] | *** [[Structural alignment tools]] | ||
*** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Teaching Proteopedia|Teaching Proteopedia]] | *** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Teaching Proteopedia|Teaching Proteopedia]] | ||
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** Sequence Analysis | ** Sequence Analysis | ||
*** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Sequence analysis tools|Sequence Analysis Tools]] | *** [[User:Wayne Decatur/Sequence analysis tools|Sequence Analysis Tools]] | ||
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*[[: Category:Macromolecule|Macromolecule]] | *[[: Category:Macromolecule|Macromolecule]] | ||
*[[: Category:Nmr|NMR]] | *[[: Category:Nmr|NMR]] | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[About Macromolecular Structure]], an index to pages explaining terms and concepts. | ||
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Structural Biology is a branch of molecular biology & biochemistry concerned with the the molecular structure of biological macromolecules like proteins and nucleic acids. It focuses on determining the structure of macromolecules to better understand their function and how to manipulate these macromolecules to develop therapeutics and broaden our understanding of biological phenomena.
Articles in Proteopedia concerning Structural Biology include:
To view automatically seeded indices concerning Structural Biology See:
See Also
- About Macromolecular Structure, an index to pages explaining terms and concepts.
- Index pages
