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==Protein Backbone Trace== | ==Protein Backbone Trace== | ||
<scene name='59/599354/Helix/5'>Backbone Trace</scene>: Now we'll draw a <font style="background:black;color:yellow;"> yellow line </font> between alpha carbons (balls). This line is called a <font style="background:black;color:yellow;"> backbone trace </font>. | <scene name='59/599354/Helix/5'>Backbone Trace</scene>: Now we'll draw a <font style="background:black;color:yellow;"> yellow line </font> between alpha carbons (balls). This line is called a <font style="background:black;color:yellow;"> backbone trace </font>. Note that the backbone trace does not follow any actual covalent chemical bonds -- it simply | ||
connects alpha carbon positions, thereby simplifying the representation. | |||
*<scene name='59/599354/Helix/6'>Hiding all atoms except alpha carbons</scene> makes the backbone trace even clearer. | *<scene name='59/599354/Helix/6'>Hiding all atoms except alpha carbons</scene> makes the backbone trace even clearer. | ||
