User:Gilad Parann-Nissany/Sandbox 1
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A first attempt to create a Proteopedia page. I am going to try for some 3D protein stuff. Let's see if I succeed. | A first attempt to create a Proteopedia page. I am going to try for some 3D protein stuff. Let's see if I succeed. | ||
| - | <applet load='2QG6' size='300' frame='true' align='right' caption='Human Nicotine-related protein with an unusual name - | + | <applet load='2QG6' size='300' frame='true' align='right' caption='Human Nicotine-related protein with an unusual name - Nicotinamide Riboside Kinase (Nrk1; PDB: 2QG6) - in complex with Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (Nmn)' /> |
So we start with <scene name='User:Gilad_Parann-Nissany/Sandbox_1/The_basic_nrk1/1'>Nicotine</scene>. Last time I smoked a cigar was at my brother's wedding. This is unquestionably related to <scene name='User:Gilad_Parann-Nissany/Sandbox_1/Measured_distance_1/1'>this distance</scene> between these two Oxygen groups on our Riboside. If it was larger I would obviously smoke more often. | So we start with <scene name='User:Gilad_Parann-Nissany/Sandbox_1/The_basic_nrk1/1'>Nicotine</scene>. Last time I smoked a cigar was at my brother's wedding. This is unquestionably related to <scene name='User:Gilad_Parann-Nissany/Sandbox_1/Measured_distance_1/1'>this distance</scene> between these two Oxygen groups on our Riboside. If it was larger I would obviously smoke more often. | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 27 July 2009
A first attempt to create a Proteopedia page. I am going to try for some 3D protein stuff. Let's see if I succeed.
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So we start with . Last time I smoked a cigar was at my brother's wedding. This is unquestionably related to between these two Oxygen groups on our Riboside. If it was larger I would obviously smoke more often.
So lets see what happens if we enlarge this distance.
Surprisingly this attempt does not change the distance by a single Angstrom - apparently quite strong forces hold this protein together. But under strong tension, the protein does show signs of stress and develops a in its residues.
This makes sense. I do like - in the rare cases when I smoke a cigar - to drink a glass of frothy beer!
Science is wonderful.
Now we move on to the next step of this advanced research. Obviously if a person can both smoke a cigar and drink beer at the same time, the responsible protein must have some . Right? Right! The ProMate tool allows us to identify these immediately, proving that the theory does have practical use.
Finally - smoking cigars and drinking beer are habits that die hard. Therefore the sites responsible for this behavior must have formidable evolutionary conservation levels. This theory is now to be tested.
