Emily Ellis/Sandbox
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==What about the box?== | ==What about the box?== | ||
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<jmolLink> | <jmolLink> | ||
| - | <script> slab on; depth 40; var a = [90,80,70,60,55 | + | <script> slab on; depth 40; var a = [90,80,70,60,55]; for(var i IN a) {slab @i; delay 0.4;} |
</script> | </script> | ||
<text>Shave away</text> | <text>Shave away</text> | ||
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<jmol> | <jmol> | ||
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| - | <script> slab on; depth 40; var a = [51,52,53,54,55 | + | <script> slab on; depth 40; var a = [51,52,53,54,55]; for(var i IN a) {slab @i; delay 0.4;} |
</script> | </script> | ||
<text>Put everything back</text> | <text>Put everything back</text> | ||
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| - | == Function == | ||
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| - | == Disease == | ||
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| - | == Relevance == | ||
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| - | == Structural highlights == | ||
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| - | This is a sample scene created with SAT to <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/1">color</scene> by Group, and another to make <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/2">a transparent representation</scene> of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes. | ||
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| - | </StructureSection> | ||
| - | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 15:41, 7 December 2014
Contents |
Two 3D printed objects and a box
A drug and its mirror image
Are the molecules shown on the left below and on the right identical, or are they different from each other? You can rotate the molecule on the right with your mouse to match the molecule on the left.
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What about the box?
When salbutamol acts in the body, it does so by binding to a receptor in the cell membrane. Receptors help to communicate between the outside of the cell and the inside of the cell, much like a window or a door bell helps people in a house learn about what is going on outside. The receptor salbutamol binds to is a protein called the
It's a big molecule, and salbutamol is difficult to see because it is surrounded by the receptor. Use the links below to "shave away" parts of the molecule for a better look inside
The next scene shows salbutamol in red, and those parts of the receptor that surround it, called its binding site, in blue. Compare the blue parts to the box in the movie. It helps to use the "shave away" buttons above, and to rotate the view so it matches the view of the molecule in the movie.
Leftovers
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