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Week 3Section 1

Structural Hierarchy

Understanding the four levels of protein structure

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Overview

Understanding the four levels of protein structure

Activities & Tasks
1

PDB Structure Analysis

Parse PDB files and analyze secondary structures

coding
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Protein Comparison

Compare related protein structures

visualization
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Week Resources

Required Readings

Nature Education: Protein Structure
Read
RCSB PDB tutorial on structure levels
Read

Exercises

Coding Exercise

Biopython script to parse PDB and count helices/sheets

Visualization

Compare myoglobin vs hemoglobin structures

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