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The [[Biological Unit]] is the quaternary structure of a protein that is believed to be the functional form of the molecule. Biological units displayed in the 'Structure Boxes' on Proteopedia pages for PDB entries (e.g. [[1h88]]) are those predicted and calculated using the [[PISA|Protein Interfaces, Surfaces and Assemblies Server]] (PISA), as well as all biological unit structures natively available in Proteopedia (i.e. those that were not uploaded by Proteopedia users).
The [[Biological Unit]] is the quaternary structure that is believed to be the functional form of a macromolecule. Often it is not the structure contained in the published [[PDB file]], which is called the [[asymmetric unit]]. Therefore it is important to visualize the biological unit in order best to relate function to structure.
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Biological units displayed in the 'Structure Boxes' on Proteopedia pages for PDB entries (e.g. [[1h88]]) are those predicted and calculated using the [[PISA|Protein Interfaces, Surfaces and Assemblies Server]] (PISA), as well as all biological unit structures natively available in Proteopedia (i.e. those that were not uploaded by Proteopedia users).
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==Definition==
==Definition==
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