SV40 Capsid Simplified: Difference between revisions
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In the highly simplified model at the right, '''each protein chain was reduced to a single atom''', resulting in 360 atoms<ref>Since each original chain of [[1sva]] had ~2,700 non-hydrogen atoms, this reduced the size of the data by ~2,700 fold</ref>. The distances between atoms were then greatly reduced to enable early versions of [[Jmol]] (and other common [[Molecular_modeling_and_visualization_software|molecular visualization programs]]) to display the model more easily, with overlapping "atomic" spheres to simulate the capsid. | In the highly simplified model at the right, '''each protein chain was reduced to a single atom''', resulting in 360 atoms<ref>Since each original chain of [[1sva]] had ~2,700 non-hydrogen atoms, this reduced the size of the data by ~2,700 fold</ref>. The distances between atoms were then greatly reduced to enable early versions of [[Jmol]] (and other common [[Molecular_modeling_and_visualization_software|molecular visualization programs]]) to display the model more easily, with overlapping "atomic" spheres to simulate the capsid. | ||
{{Yelspan| Yellow-colored }} are the twelve 5-chain pentamers representing the 12 vertices that define the 20 equilateral triangle faces of the icosahedron. Pseudoatoms were placed over each vertex to enable drawing lines representing the orientation of the icosahedron. Notice that each yellow 5-chain pentamer is surrounded by five pentamers, while each gray pentamer is surrounded by six pentamers. | {{Yelspan| Yellow-colored }} are the twelve 5-chain pentamers representing the 12 vertices that define the 20 equilateral triangle faces of the icosahedron. Pseudoatoms were placed over each vertex to enable drawing lines representing the orientation of the icosahedron. Notice that each {{Yelspan| yellow 5-chain pentamer }} is surrounded by five pentamers, while each '''{{Font color|gray|gray pentamer}}''' is surrounded by six pentamers. | ||
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==Less-simplified capsid== | ==Less-simplified capsid== | ||
