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 [[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 [[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. | ||
5-chain pentamers representing the vertices that define the | Yellow-colored are the 5-chain pentamers representing the 12 vertices that define the 20 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. | ||
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