It includes many force fields for attempting the prediction of protein conformations from their chemical structure only.
These are used to determine dynamical pathways between different protein conformations using Monte Carlo methods.
Ion channel mutations can alter protein conformation, and so change the amount of current flowing through these channels.
This approach operates under the assumption that local interactions play a large role in stabilizing the overall protein conformation.
FRET can be used to measure distances between domains a single protein and therefore to provide information about protein conformation.
Curiously the human CR1 gene appears to have an unusual protein conformation but the significance of this finding is not clear.
Hair gels resist natural protein conformations and allows hair to be styled and textured.
Passage of the (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene substrate through the channel requires a change in protein conformation.
Knowledge-based functions are formed with statistical models capturing aspects of the properties of native protein conformations.
Correctly folded protein conformations (native structures) have lower free energies than partially folded or primary structures.