Links:

• UVa Chem Dept

Pretty pictures...
...as we try to understand sequence ↔ structure ↔ function(/dynamics) in the evolutionary context of the RNA-associated Sm protein superfamily

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structure: crystal structure of an Sm-like archaeal protein (SmAP) from Pyrobaculum aerophilum

dynamics: truncated octahedral PBCs for MD simulations ...of a DNA–binding NFκB dimer

dynamics/function: κB DNA element...

...with bound Mg²⁺ counterions:

pore of an Sm

...illustrated with lots of lights in PyMOL, achieving "ambient occlusion"-like effect:

some RNA models

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