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The 33 pages that link to Protein structure, each with the reason it gives.

• ProteinBroader topic: A protein’s structure emerges from its sequence and determines what it can do.

• Protein foldingNarrower topic: Folding creates the higher-order structures within this hierarchy.

• Linus PaulingNarrower topic: Pauling’s predictions of alpha helices and beta sheets reshaped the study of protein structure.

• BiochemistryRelated: Structural explanations connected molecular form to biological function.

• Protein engineeringNarrower topic: Structure connects sequence changes to stability, binding, and catalytic activity.

• Cryo-electron microscopyNarrower topic: Cryo-EM often aims to determine protein structure from particle images.

• TyrosinaseNarrower topic: Tyrosinase's folded structure creates the access channels and copper-binding site required for catalysis.

• Protein misfoldingNarrower topic: Misfolding means a departure from the functional structure within this hierarchy.

• LectinNarrower topic: A lectin's binding site is formed by its folded structure.

• Post-translational modificationNarrower topic: A modification can stabilize, disrupt, or reshape structural features that control protein function.

• Drug designRelated: A target’s shape and chemical features constrain which molecules can bind.

• Structural biologyBroader topic: Protein structures are a central target of structural biology.

• Molecular dockingNarrower topic: Protein docking targets are commonly represented by an experimentally determined or modeled structure.

• Enzyme engineeringRelated: Structure helps explain how mutations affect enzyme stability and activity.

• NeuraminidaseNarrower topic: Neuraminidase’s folded head and membrane-associated stalk shape its activity and accessibility.

• Protein Data BankNarrower topic: PDB entries encode particular experimentally observed protein structures.

• Van der Waals radiusRelated: Structural analysis uses radius-based contact criteria to inspect packing and clashes.

• LactaseRelated: Lactase’s folded structure creates the sites that bind and process substrates.

• DichroismRelated: Circular dichroism spectra can indicate features of a protein’s folded structure.

• Egg proteinsNarrower topic: An egg protein’s structure determines how it unfolds and associates when heated.

• John KendrewNarrower topic: Kendrew’s result supplied the first atomic-level example for a protein.

• ProlineNarrower topic: Proline’s constrained backbone influences how protein chains fold.

• Space-filling modelRelated: Space-filling views show how densely folded protein atoms occupy volume.

• Kurt WüthrichNarrower topic: This is the structural information his NMR methods were designed to reveal.

• Protein designNarrower topic: Structural targets specify the shapes that sequence design seeks to realize.

• James B. SumnerRelated: Treating enzymes as proteins opened the way to investigating their molecular structures.

• EnzymologyRelated: An enzyme’s structure determines the geometry and chemistry of its catalytic sites.

• Michael LevittNarrower topic: Levitt’s computational biology centered on representing and predicting protein structures.

• Atomic and molecular structureBroader topic: Molecular structure at several scales determines how proteins bind and function.

• Conformation & topologyNarrower topic: Protein structure describes conformations at several scales, from backbone to whole molecule.

• Enzymes and CoenzymesNarrower topic: Most enzymes rely on folded protein structures to form functional catalytic sites.

• G. N. RamachandranNarrower topic: The conformational analysis addressed a central problem in determining and explaining protein structure.

• Ribbon diagramNarrower topic: Ribbon diagrams depict this overall arrangement at a glance.