Biochemistry Related
Images Illustrating Various Biochemistry Concepts. Images made using VMD (see links for URL).
AlcoholDehydrogenase

Alcohol Dehydrogenase - view of dimer with dimer interface highlighted. Illustration of symmetry in protein quaternary structure.

CholineEsteraseAriceptSurf

Choline Esterase with Aricept bound to the active site.

CholineEsteraseSurf

Choline Esterase showing active site

HelixHBonds

Alpha Helix showing hydrogen bonding between i and i+4 residues

HelixRiseDistance

Alpha Helix showing rise distance (approximate)

HelixSidechains

Alpha Helix - top view showing side chain orientations

HemQuatStruc

Hemoglobin - Ribbon image showing the four subunits in different colors. One subunit colored to show individual helices. Illustration of protein quaternary structure.

HemSecStruc

Hemoglobin - Ribbon image showing two alpha helices in one subunit. The other subnits are in stick representation. Illustration of protein secondary structure elements.

HemTerStruc

Hemoglobin - Ribbon image showing all the alpha helices in one subunit. Illustrates protein tertiary structure.

SheetHBonds

Hydrogen bonding between beta-strands.

SheetSidechains

Side chain projections in a beta-strands.

CoiledCoilSuf

Coiled-Coil surface representation.

CoiledCoilVDW

Coiled-Coil VWD representation of interface residues.

SilkFibroin

Silk Fibroin

CollagenTripHelixSuf

Collagen triple helix surface representation.

CollagenTripHelixSurf2

Collagen triple helix surface representaion.

CollagenTripHelixSurf3

Collagen triple helix surface representation looking down helix.

HemoglobinHelixes

Helices in Hemoglobin with hydrophobic residues highlighted.

BovineRibonucA

Bovine Ribonuclease A with hydrophobic residues highlighed

BovineRibonucASurf

Bovine Ribonuclease A surface representation.

BovineRibonucACart

Bovine Ribonuclease A ribbon diagram.

CalmodulinEFHand

Calmodulin EF hand.

ParvalbuminEFHand

Parvalbumin EF hand.

TroponinCEFHand

Troponin C EF hand.

HelixForWheel

Side chain projections of helix.

CarbonicAnhydraseCart

Carbonic Anhydrase ribbon representation.

CarbonicAnhydraseCartHydrphob

Carbonic Anhydrase with hydrophobic residues highlighted.