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Protein diameter

by Benjamin Walter-3 :: Rate this Message:

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Dear friends

I would like to ask whether there is some way to measure the diameter of a
molecule (its longest diameter).  (On protein database or the like web
site).
One way (on Jmol viewer) is to measure a distance between two extremeties of
a given protein.
However, this method is subject to chance of missing the longest diameter.
Could you please help?

Best regards,
Ben
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by Dan Bolser-5 :: Rate this Message:

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From: Dan Bolser <dan.bolser@...>
Date: 2009/1/27
Subject: Re: [Bio-www] Protein diameter
To: Benjamin Walter <benwalter44@...>
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Interesting question.

you could look at the bounding box which is a diameter by some
definition. However, most people use the radius of gyration, which is
actually a measure of how compact the protein is.

There have been lots of studies on protein density.

HTH,
Dan.

2009/1/26 Benjamin Walter <benwalter44@...>:

> Dear friends
>
> I would like to ask whether there is some way to measure the diameter of a
> molecule (its longest diameter).  (On protein database or the like web
> site).
> One way (on Jmol viewer) is to measure a distance between two extremeties of
> a given protein.
> However, this method is subject to chance of missing the longest diameter.
> Could you please help?
>
> Best regards,
> Ben
> _______________________________________________
> Bio-www mailing list
> Bio-www@...
> http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/bio-www
>

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