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

Intrinsically Disordered Protein