Chemistry & Biochemistry 142A: Chemical Aspects of Biological Systems

Structure Files



Cartesian coordinates for the following structures in .PDB format can be obtained by clicking on the molecule.

Small Molecules
ethanol
methanol
methane
ice
imidazole
liquid water
water (single molecule)
liquid water (movie)

Amino Acids and Peptides
alanine
arginine
asparagine
aspartate
cysteine
glutamate
glutamine
glycine
histidine
isoleucine
leucine
lysine
methionine
phenylalanine
proline
serine
threonine
tryptophane
tyrosine
valine

S,S-alanylalanine
R,S-alanylalanine
S,R-alanylalanine
R,R-alanylalanine

Proteins
a-helix
b-sheet
b-turn
bacteriorhodopsin
bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI)
bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) with crystallographic waters
carbonic anhydrase
chymotrypsin (dimer)
collagen
cytokine-receptor complex (interleukin-6 with fragments of GP130)
enolase
globin(single chain)
green fluorescent protein
hemoglobin (tetramer)
hexokinase
insulin (NMR structure)
insulin (single structure)
lysozyme
lysozyme-antibody complex
myoglobin
nucleosome core particle (DNA complexed with histones)
ribonuclease

Many more protein structures are available from the Protein Data Bank.

Saccharides
amylose
cellulose
D-glucose
deoxyribose (open form)
deoxyribose (closed form)
glucose (open form)
glucose (pyranose form)
glucose (furanose form)
sucrose
trehalose

Lipids
arachidonic acid
cholesterol
glycerol
lauric acid
oleic acid
progesterone
phospholipid (DPPC)
stearic acid
testosterone

Nucelotides, Nucleosides, Nucleic Acids
adenine
guanine
cytosine
uracil
thymine
purine
adenosine
cytosine
dAMP
dCMP
dTMP
AMP
cAMP
CMP
ATP
GMP
UMP
section of a RNA
a single A-T base pair
a single G-C base pair
B-DNA
A-DNA
section of a DNA
DNA double helix
double stranded RNA
nucleosome core particle (DNA complexed with histones)

There are repositories of structural files available on the web including the following:

Protein Data Bank (PDB) - Hosted by the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics
Cambridge Structural Database - Primarily small molecules
The Nucleic Acid Database
Klotho: Biochemical Compounds Declarative Database  - Small molecules
 

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