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The detection of these types of motif is almost impossible by looking at the amino acid sequence: there is no evolutionary relationship to detect, the residues are ordered differently in the sequence, and the spacing between the residues also varies. These motifs can be detected relativeley easily using structural comparison, particularly template-based motif detection algorithms. Note that the global folds of subtilisin and chymotrypsin are very different so the site could not have been detected using such methods. Click to see the catalytic triad in <scene name='User:James_D_Watson/Structural_Templates/Subtilisin_startpoint_catalyti/1' target='subtilisin'>subtilisin</scene> and <scene name='User:James_D_Watson/Structural_Templates/Chymotrypsin_start_triad/1' target='chymotrypsin'>chymotrypsin</scene> respectively.
The detection of these types of motif is almost impossible by looking at the amino acid sequence: there is no evolutionary relationship to detect, the residues are ordered differently in the sequence, and the spacing between the residues also varies. These motifs can be detected relativeley easily using structural comparison, particularly template-based motif detection algorithms. Note that the global folds of subtilisin and chymotrypsin are very different so the site could not have been detected using such methods. Click to see the catalytic triad in <scene name='User:James_D_Watson/Structural_Templates/Subtilisin_startpoint_catalyti/1' target='subtilisin'>subtilisin</scene> and <scene name='User:James_D_Watson/Structural_Templates/Chymotrypsin_start_triad/1' target='chymotrypsin'>chymotrypsin</scene> respectively.
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