Intro. to Protein Structure

Introduction to protein structure

The Building Blocks

• Amino Acids
• Peptide
  • Peptide tutorial 1 part 1
  • Peptide tutorial 1 part 2
• Phi and Psi Angles
• Ramachandran Plots

Secondary structure

• Helices in Proteins
  • Secondary Structure tutorial - Helices
• Sheets in Proteins
  • Secondary Structure tutorial - Sheets

Structural_templates

• Globular_Proteins
  • Turns in Proteins
• Fibrous Proteins
  • Coiled_coil
  • Collagen - Illustrates the structure of a collagen segment as well as the structure of a mutated tropocollagen.
  • Fibroins

Unusual Motifs in Proteins

• Cation-pi_interactions
• Thermal_motion_of_peptide

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