Practice Structural Bioinformatics (4.5.3) - Chapter 4: Bioinformatics
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Question 1 Easy

What is structural bioinformatics?

💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between structure and function.

Question 2 Easy

Why is knowing a protein's 3D structure important for drug design?

💡 Hint: Consider how drugs are selective.

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Question 1

What does structural bioinformatics focus on?

3D structures of proteins
Genome sequencing
Gene expression

💡 Hint: Think about what helps determine how proteins work.

Question 2

True or False: SWISS-MODEL is a tool used for predicting protein folding.

True
False

💡 Hint: Is it a software tool or not?

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a research project using structural bioinformatics to identify a new therapeutic drug target for Alzheimer's disease.

💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between structure and function in the context of Alzheimer's proteins.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a newly sequenced protein, outline the steps to model its 3D structure using SWISS-MODEL.

💡 Hint: How do you compare sequences when modeling?

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