The Wonderful World of Protein Structures
Janet M. Thornton (EMBL-EBI - UK)
Abstract: This talk will aim to present an overview of the three dimensional structures of proteins. These large and intricate molecules perform the vast majority of the biological functions of life and the structures of over 170,000 proteins have been determined and are stored in the Protein Databank. A detailed understanding of their structures has gradually emerged over the last 50 years. Chirality within protein structures is observed at all 'levels' of structure, starting with the basic stereochemistry of the polypeptide chain, through local chain folding, to the 'tertiary' structure of the whole chain and even to chirality of large complexes.
geometric topology
Audience: researchers in the topic
Series comments: Web-seminar series on Applications of Geometry and Topology
| Organizers: | Alicia Dickenstein, José-Carlos Gómez-Larrañaga, Kathryn Hess, Neza Mramor-Kosta, Renzo Ricca*, De Witt L. Sumners |
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