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            PROTEIN MODELING & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
 
         STRUCTURES 
 
        COMPARING DIFFERENT STRUCTURES 
        Typically, ..../A> 
        
Comparison of Experimental Interleukin-1? Structures*  
        Comparison of X-ray, NMR and Homology Modeled Structures of Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin* 
        HOMOLOGY MODELING 
        The 5 X-ray Structures of Rubredoxin 
        HOMOLOGY MODELING APPROACH 
        Then... 
        more homology modeling... 
        D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3 with homologies to D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 marked in RED.
 
        D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3  and D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 ribbon structures.
 
        Why so similar?	D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3  and D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 hemes.
 
        What describes a Structure? 
         X, Y, Z positions of atoms
 
         Size of atoms (extent)   What defines it?*
 
        Are atoms symmetric?* 
 
         Are all like atoms the same? 
         Electronic configuration
 
         The concepts of Atom Identification
 
        Protein Data Bank Position ID's 
        COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES 
        Molecular Mechanics (cont.)....
 
        The MM description 
        CALCULATIONS FROM THE COORDINATES
 
        CALCULATIONS FROM COORDINATES, CHARACTERISTICS & PREFERENCES
 
        Molecular surfaces 
        A contact surface 
        Coulombic potential 
 
        Dot surface colored by potential 
        Field vector 
        C3 Heme field vectors 
        ? FORCE FIELD POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
	FOR PROTEIN MODELING 
 
        Ë  A Survey of Programs Available 
        AMBER and AMBER Related 
        YETI
 
        CHARMm 
        ECEPP/2
 
        Tripos 5.2
 
         A Survey & Comparison of Functions 
         BONDED INTERACTIONS 
        Bond potential 
        Bond potentials 
         Bond angle
 
        Angle calculation 
        MM2 stretch 
         Torsion angle 
 
        Cross product calculation 
        AMBER torsion 
        CHARMm torsion 
        Other Geometrical Constraints
 
         NON-BONDING INTERACTIONS 
        MM2, non-bonded	
 
        Parameters for "Soft" and "Hard" vdW  potentials are typically very different
 
         Electrostatic interactions.
 
        Note on CHARMm 
        Empirical solvent screening 
        MM2: dipole-dipole potential 
         Hydrogen Bonding.
 
        AMBER & H-bond 
        CHARMm & H-bond 
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