Talk:Hormone sensitive lipase

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== Ideas for improvement ==
== Ideas for improvement ==
This was written as part of an assignment for a Biochemistry course at Westifeld State University.
This was written as part of an assignment for a Biochemistry course at Westifeld State University.
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# '''From which figure did you learn the most?''' Figure "ligand pocket". I learned that there is a deep ligand pocket (different from other hydrolases with catalytic triads such as chymotrypsin).
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# '''From which figure did you learn the most?''' Figure "ligand pocket". The figure is based on the coordinates 3dnm and the script is http://proteopedia.org/wiki/scripts/58/580297/3dnm_cartoon_surface/4.spt. The primary citation is from 2008, and available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/prot.22313.
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# '''What about the figure do you like?''' The surface representation gives a nice view of the ligand pocket.
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# '''What about the figure do you like?''' It shows that there is a deep ligand pocket (different from other hydrolases with catalytic triads such as chymotrypsin).The surface representation gives a nice view of the ligand pocket.
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# '''Is there a corresponding figure in the primary citation?''' Yes, Figure 1d. In the figure, the protein is shown as a surface cut in half making it easy to see the extent of the pocket. Selected structural elements (active site serine, helices as the entrance of the ligand pocket). There is a scale bar showing a length of 16 Angstroem, the approximate depth of the pocket.
# '''What could be improved?''' It would be great to use color to show how hydrophobic or hydrophylic the pocket is. It would also be helpful to have a unique color for the active site serine at the bottom of the pocket. The primary citation has a figure showing the scale, making it easier to see that the pocket is about 16 Angstroem deep. Showing a fatty acid at the same scale would be a nice illustration of the relevant dimensions. Once these elements are added, it would be a good idea to have a figure legend explaining the color scheme.
# '''What could be improved?''' It would be great to use color to show how hydrophobic or hydrophylic the pocket is. It would also be helpful to have a unique color for the active site serine at the bottom of the pocket. The primary citation has a figure showing the scale, making it easier to see that the pocket is about 16 Angstroem deep. Showing a fatty acid at the same scale would be a nice illustration of the relevant dimensions. Once these elements are added, it would be a good idea to have a figure legend explaining the color scheme.
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As an aside, here is a paper discussing the lid on many lipases: PMID:28337436
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'''Figure legend for the current figure:''' Hormone-sensitive lipase (3dnm) has a deep ligand pocket. Surface representation of a monomer in lime green, with the ligand pocket facing the viewer in the initial orientation.
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As an aside, here is a paper discussing the lid regulating enzyme activity in this protein and in many related lipases: PMID:28337436

Revision as of 13:49, 25 November 2018

Ideas for improvement

This was written as part of an assignment for a Biochemistry course at Westifeld State University.

  1. From which figure did you learn the most? Figure "ligand pocket". The figure is based on the coordinates 3dnm and the script is http://proteopedia.org/wiki/scripts/58/580297/3dnm_cartoon_surface/4.spt. The primary citation is from 2008, and available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/prot.22313.
  2. What about the figure do you like? It shows that there is a deep ligand pocket (different from other hydrolases with catalytic triads such as chymotrypsin).The surface representation gives a nice view of the ligand pocket.
  3. Is there a corresponding figure in the primary citation? Yes, Figure 1d. In the figure, the protein is shown as a surface cut in half making it easy to see the extent of the pocket. Selected structural elements (active site serine, helices as the entrance of the ligand pocket). There is a scale bar showing a length of 16 Angstroem, the approximate depth of the pocket.
  4. What could be improved? It would be great to use color to show how hydrophobic or hydrophylic the pocket is. It would also be helpful to have a unique color for the active site serine at the bottom of the pocket. The primary citation has a figure showing the scale, making it easier to see that the pocket is about 16 Angstroem deep. Showing a fatty acid at the same scale would be a nice illustration of the relevant dimensions. Once these elements are added, it would be a good idea to have a figure legend explaining the color scheme.

Figure legend for the current figure: Hormone-sensitive lipase (3dnm) has a deep ligand pocket. Surface representation of a monomer in lime green, with the ligand pocket facing the viewer in the initial orientation.

As an aside, here is a paper discussing the lid regulating enzyme activity in this protein and in many related lipases: PMID:28337436

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