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As life is more than 2D, Proteopedia helps to bridge the gap between 3D structure and function of biomacromolecules.

Proteopedia presents this information in a user-friendly way as a collaborative & free 3D-encyclopedia of proteins & other biomolecules.

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Self-assembling Nano-Cages

Huddy, Hsia, Kibler, Xu & 27 others in the Nobel Prize winning group of David Baker have designed standardized protein building blocks that self assemble into a wide range of nanostructures. The building blocks attach to each other at engineered sites and angles, and come in various sizes.

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Structural flexibility of the periplasmic protein, FlgA, regulates flagellar P-ring assembly in Salmonella enterica.

H Matsunami, YH Yoon, VA Meshcheryakov, K Namba, FA Samatey. Scientific Reports 2016 doi: 10.1038/srep27399
A periplasmic flagellar chaperone protein, FlgA, is required for P-ring assembly in bacterial flagella of taxa such as Salmonella enterica or Escherichia coli. Here we present the open and closed crystal structures of FlgA from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, grown under different crystallization conditions. An intramolecular disulfide cross-linked form of FlgA caused a dominant negative effect on motility of the wild-type strain.

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Transport of Drugs & Nutrients

Above is a transmembrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. Its lumen-face (shown above) opens and binds peptide or drug, then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (opposite end from the above) opens to release its cargo into the intestinal cell, which passes it on into the blood circulation.

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