code for atoms in protein picture

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MPJ
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code for atoms in protein picture

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in the rotating picture of the protein viewer what do the different colored spheres represent - I suspect the while ones are hydrogen because there are me most but cannot speculate on the others - not a chemist, more of stats person - thanks
_r2w_ben
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Re: code for atoms in protein picture

Post by _r2w_ben »

You're spot on for the hydrogen. I found the other colors in the viewer source code (lines 128-154).
  • Carbon - dark grey
  • Hydrogen - light grey
  • Nitrogen - blue
  • Oxygen - red
  • Sulfur - yellow
  • Other - purple
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Re: code for atoms in protein picture

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see also here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK_color ... n_variants
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MPJ
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Re: code for atoms in protein picture

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thanks for the prompt reply and for the link to all the color coding - really useful - mpj
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Re: code for atoms in protein picture

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Gr8 - So left off is the rest of the amino acid & shows bonding site/interaction? The bonding of atoms, is stable/predictable, but order of amnio acids, somewhat random or DNA specific. So it's bonding (building protein) that drives folding, creating twists & torque, till stable state, equals no folding? If so could controlled de-naturing mis-folded proteins, reveal error folding, compared to proper folded protein? Folding power would then be Krebs cycle dependent?
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