Jmol - molecular visualization on your laptop
Go to: http://cbm.msoe.edu/teachRes/jmol/index.html
Download Jmol if necessary. (may need to use browser other than Chrome?) You may find this reference sheet helpful:
Download Jmol if necessary. (may need to use browser other than Chrome?) You may find this reference sheet helpful:
Click to animation that shows the four rules of protein folding.
Put these rules into practice with some real proteins in JMol database:
try: Rules of protein folding part 1.
and: Rules of protein folding part 2.
try: Rules of protein folding part 1.
and: Rules of protein folding part 2.
Complete (1) amino acid survey and (2) basic principles of chemistry that drive protein folding (parts 1 & 2).
Now jump to the details of alpha helices, beta pleated sheets and a look at the structure of a whole protein, hemoglobin.
For a nice reference page with many of the biomolecules we have been discussing, link to http://www.biotopics.co.uk/JmolApplet/jcontentstable.html. Again, Chrome may not be compatible with Java format - try Firefox or Safari. Be sure to scroll down to the image that looks like:
Now jump to the details of alpha helices, beta pleated sheets and a look at the structure of a whole protein, hemoglobin.
For a nice reference page with many of the biomolecules we have been discussing, link to http://www.biotopics.co.uk/JmolApplet/jcontentstable.html. Again, Chrome may not be compatible with Java format - try Firefox or Safari. Be sure to scroll down to the image that looks like:
Hemoglobin protein molecule - can you pick out the alpha helices? any beta pleated sheets?