Re: [DIYbio] Re: Protein Folding

Molecular dynamics software like GROMACS is useful for studying protein movements and maybe the folding process. A more approachable way to start is by looking at/analyzing existing protein folds. PyMol is my favorite protein visualization software. There is a paid version, free educational version (if you have a .edu email), and free open-source compilable code. You can download protein structure files to look at from the Protein Data Bank. If you want to predict unknown structures, a great tool is homology modeling (e.g. Swiss Model). If you want to go deep down the rabbit hole of protein modeling, Rosetta is probably the most powerful tool. It is what powers Fold.it (and maybe folding@home, I don't remember). 

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:48 AM John Ladasky <john.ladasky@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 5:40:55 AM UTC-8, Dan Wood wrote:
Is there any possible way to study protein folding at home aside from the popular Fold.it game? 

GROMACS is a free and open-source molecular dynamics package.  It has a steep learning curve though!

--
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups DIYbio group. To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/diybio?hl=en
Learn more at www.diybio.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/diybio.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/diybio/0b88c248-745b-4790-9a61-86dc87fb2f5a%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups DIYbio group. To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/diybio?hl=en
Learn more at www.diybio.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/diybio.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/diybio/CAKw3Q72iH5yq%3DCVC1WufTAm4q5qBt-_gE6A8-As%2BmnemgoueWg%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

0 comments:

Post a Comment