Learning Biochemistry
with
Deep View
A Gallery of Graphics Exercises for Introductory
Biochemistry
Gale Rhodes
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Figure
A model of halorhodopsin, a light-driven
chloride pump from the salt-loving bacterium
Halobacterium salinarum.
The molecular surface (green) is cut away to
reveal the molecular model within. The protein chain is red
(helix), yellow (pleated sheet) and gray (coil). A chloride
ion (green) and the retinal-lysine schiff base are shown as
space-filling models.
More
information on halorhodopsin.
Image prepared using Deep
View and Canvas.
Don't blame them, blame me for the garish colors!
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Introduction
In this gallery, you will find a sampling of the great works of
the biochemical arts: models of some of the complicated molecules
that bring organisms like us to life.
Chemists seek connections between form and function, or in more
chemical terms, between molecular structure and chemical properties.
Biochemists seek to know how the structure of complex molecules gives
them the capacity to transport, catalyze, recognize and signal --
just a few of the crucial operations that characterize life.
Understanding function requires knowing and understanding
structure. We must see biomolecules to understand them. But of
course, these tiny entities are forever beyond the crude sight of our
eyes. We can see biomolecules only with our imaginations -- we must
imagine structures that fit data from chemical analysis,
thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, and x-ray
crystallography.
Here you will find the visions of chemistry's special kind of
seeing.
Each page in this gallery provides access to interactive views of
many of the biomolecules that you will study in your biochemistry
course. Pages are ordered by topics in a typical biochemistry course.
In addition, all the pages are self-contained, so you can study them
in any order. First, equip your computer for this gallery, as
instructed below. Then follow your interests or needs.
Equip Your Computer For Touring The Gallery
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view in stereo!
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Until you have seen it in 3-D.
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Enter The Deep View Gallery
Now go Biochemistry
Topics and click on any link to Deep
View Graphics Exercises. You will also find links
to other learning tools in biochemistry.
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