Transcript http://biophysics.asu.edu/outreach/presentations/Modeling Protein Folding.ppt

Brian Bingham – Deer Valley High School
Fred Haeger - Deer Valley High School
Richard Runyon – Agua Fria High School
Tinkertoy® Activity:
1. Background Chemistry
What forces could drive protein folding and what
possible configurations might they take?
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Popsicle Activity:
Are proteins rigid, non-rigid
or a combination of both?
2. Secondary structure.
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3. Tertiary structure:
The protein folds.
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Computer
simulation
activity:
Using VMD
software and
RCSB Protein
Data Bank.
Acknowledgements:
Science Foundation Arizona
National Science Foundation
Arizona State University
Center for Biological Physics
Dr. Michael Thorpe
Dr. Banu Ozkan
Dr. Arjan van der Vaart