Computer Modeling of Biomolecules
Presented by
Kam Bo Wong
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology Programme
email: kbwong@cuhk.edu.hk
http://smart.bch.cuhk.edu.hk/kbwong/index.htm
8. A small protein - Insulin
8.1 Load "insulin.pdb".
Change the display mode to "Cartoons". Do you
remember how to do this?
8.2 Select "Structure" from "Colours" Menu.
helix - magenta
sheet - yellow
8.3 Identify the two chains of Insulin
Insulin has two polypeptide chains. You can color them
differently by selecting "Chain" from "Colours" Menu:
Insulin chain A is coloured blue; chain B is
coloured red.