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Displaying Relevant Features of Protein Molecules
Author(s) -
Poet Ron,
MilnerWhite E. James
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8659.1986.tb00300.x
Subject(s) - sort , crystallography , feature (linguistics) , beta (programming language) , chain (unit) , loop (graph theory) , molecule , carbon fibers , type (biology) , chemical physics , computer science , materials science , chemistry , physics , combinatorics , mathematics , biology , algorithm , information retrieval , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , astronomy , composite number , programming language
We present a novel type of computer generated picture in which the positions of the main chain alpha carbon atoms are averaged and the different types of hydrogen bonds between main chain atoms are represented by lines of different colours and thicknesses joining the alpha‐carbon atoms. This allows various types of helices, beta‐sheets, beta‐bulges and turns to be visualized. One beta‐hairpin turn exhibits a structural feature at the loop end that has previously been described as a G1 beta‐bulge. It occurs in another protein by itself, and can thus be said to be a new sort of turn.