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Pretty pictures...
...as we try to understand sequence ↔
structure
↔
function
(/
dynamics
) in the evolutionary context of the RNA-associated Sm protein superfamily
this page:
science
|
people
who do the science
development sandboxes:
pymol
|
vmd
structure:
crystal structure of an Sm-like archaeal protein (SmAP) from
Pyrobaculum aerophilum
Crystal structure of
Pyrobaculum aerophilum
SmAP3
dynamics:
truncated octahedral PBCs for MD simulations ...of a DNA–binding NFκB dimer
dynamics
/
function:
κB DNA element...
...with bound Mg
2+
counterions:
pore of an Sm
...illustrated with
lots
of lights in PyMOL, achieving "ambient occlusion"-like effect:
some RNA models
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