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In this problem, we will practice making protein structures. Download RasMol from www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/index.htm (or http://openrasmol.org), or http other free molecular rendering software. Go to the Protein Data Bank, http On the main page, try searching for and viewing molecules (see also the "molecule of the month" department, from which the examples below were taken). Once you get the molecule's main entry, click "explore" on the right, then "view" and download in RasMol format. Play with the many RasMol options. Alternatively, you can just click quickpdb for a viewer that requires no separate application. Here are some examples: a. thrombin, a blood-clotting protein (code 1ppb). b. insulin, a hormone (code 4ins). c. myosin, a molecular motor (code 1b7). d. the actin-myosin complex (code lalm). This entry shows a model of one myosin motor bound to a short actin filament formed of five molecules, based on data from electron microscopy. The file contains only alpha carbon positions for the proteins, so you'll need to use backbone diagrams when you look at it. e. rhinovirus, responsible for the common cold (code 4rhv). myoglobin, an oxygen-storing molecule found in muscles (code 1mbn). Myoglobin was the first protein structure ever determined. g. DNA polymerase (code 1tau). h. the nucleosome (code laoi). Use your mouse to rotate the pictures. Use the measurement feature to find the physical size of each object. Selectively color only the hydrophobic residues. Print he ones you like. Choose two molecules/complexes from a h, print out the structure and write down the size of each molecule/complex.

I just could not figure out how to do all this.

For the "print the ones you like" part, I need a few examples, 3-4.

For the next part, you are welcome to choose any two from the list.

Answer 1

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You have to follow the steps mentioned in your computer and download the Ras mol format, then you have to go to pdb site and download any one of the protein by typing in the search option and then print it.