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Program to see 3D tertiary protein strucutre?

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in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Does anyone know of a computer program that allows you to see the 3D structure of a protein, and all the side chain interactions? No urgent reason. I'd just like to have one :)

 

~EE

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Looks confusing...does it show the individual side chain interactions (i.e. hydrogen bonding, etc)?

 

TY, BTW!

3D structures are typically based on crystallographic studies and are highly complex you can see and download structures form the PDB database. Not all structures are of sufficient resolution as the most common distance between a hydrogen and the acceptor in a given pair is usually below 2.5 angstrom. That being said, even a lower resolution structure can provide clues which and where certain moieties interact. In any case these are not trivial to understand.

DeepView is one program that allows you to view a protein structure. There is a good tutorial available.

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