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Overview of Past Protein Modeling Events
This event challenges students to explore protein structure and function by creating 3-dimensional models of proteins based on the coordinates from the Protein Data Bank archive.
You can find a variety of information/tools here for succeeding in all levels of the Protein Modeling events, including:
- Background information, instructions and details at the website developed by MSOE CBM
- Learning materials and model building guides for the various levels of competition
- Specific PDB entry identifiers to access the structural data from the RCSB PDB
- Free, web-based viewer to practice the JSmol visualization environment for any PDB structure:
- Open structure summary page for a PDB entry (e.g., PDB ID 5vw1) at https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5VW1
- Click on the 3D view tab, now from the pulldown menu for “Selecting a different viewer” select Jsmol
- Alternatively, use the following link and replace the PDB ID (shown in bold) to see the desired structure https://www.rcsb.org/3d-view/jsmol/5vw1
- The RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month features relevant to the theme of the protein modeling targets
