C E N T R F O R I N T E G R A T I V E B I O I N F O R M A T I C S V U E Master Course Sequence Alignment Lecture 10 Database searching Issues (1)
Protein main-chain and side-chain ‘R’ designates the side-chain
charge
(cysteine bridge)
VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDE VGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFE SFGDLSTPDAVMGNPKVKAHG KKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFA TLSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGN VLVCVLAHHFGKEFTPPVQAAY QKVVAGVANALAHKYH PRIMARY STRUCTURE (amino acid sequence) QUATERNARY STRUCTURE (oligomers) SECONDARY STRUCTURE (helices, strands) TERTIARY STRUCTURE (fold) Protein structure hierarchical levels
Compared to preceding plot, RMSD is better able to pin-point relationships between more divergent sequences (RMSD stays relatively small for a longer time as compared to PAM distance). Note that the spread around RMSD is larger
Structural superpositioning