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Postgraduate Certificate: Principles in Protein Structure (PPS)

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Distance learning: Principles of Protein Structure (PPS)

Postgraduate Certificate Syllabus

PPS Syllabus
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12

 

Section 3 - Protein Geometry and Secondary Structure
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Main Chain Geometry: The Peptide Bond
  • 3.3 Main Chain Geometry: Peptide Bond Torsion Angles
  • 3.4 Main Chain Geometry: The Ramachandran Plot
  • 3.5 Secondary Structure: Alpha Helix
  • 3.6 Secondary Structure: Other Helical Conformations
  • 3.7 Secondary Structure: Beta-Sheet and Beta-Bulge
  • 3.8 Conformational Preferences of the Amino Acids
  • 3.9 Secondary Structure: Reverse Turns
  • 3.10 Side Chain Conformation and Protein Geometry
  • 3.11 The Disulphide Bond
  • 3.12 Additional Material on Secondary Structure of Proteins
  • 3.13 References