Exploring the molecular architecture of proteins: Method developments in structure prediction and design

<p>Proteins are molecular machines of life in the truest sense. Being the expressors of genotype, proteins have been a focus in structural biology. Since the first characterization and structure determination of protein molecule more than half a century ago1, our understanding of protein structure is improving only incrementally. While computational analysis and experimental techniques have helped scientist view the structural features of proteins, our concepts about protein folding remain at the level of simple hydrophobic interactions packing side-chain at the core of the protein. Furthermore, because the rate of genome sequencing is far more rapid than protein structure characterization, much more needs to be achieved in the field of structural biology. As a step in this direction, my dissertation research uses computational analysis and experimental techniques to elucidate the fine structural features of the tertiary packing in proteins. With these set of studies, the knowledge of the field of structural biology extends to the fine details of higher order protein structure.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Chavan, Archana G.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jerry Tsai

• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biophysics
• Pure sciences
• Biological sciences
• Casp
• Cd
• De novo sequence design
• Expression
• Helix-helix
• Helix-sheet
• Knob-socket model
• Nmr
• Protein design
• Protein structure
• Purification
• Structure prediction
• Tertiary packing
• Chemicals and Drugs
• Chemistry
• Medical Pharmacology
• Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Pharmaceutical Preparations
• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Identifier

9781303677885

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oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1134