Introduction
Structural biology is a scientific discipline at the interface of molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics. It deals with the molecular structure of biological macromolecules, especially proteins and nucleic acids, which are essential components of all living organisms. Structural biology allows the structure of macromolecules to be determined and studies how structure relates to biological function.
Course goals
After completing this practical course, students should be able to:
- display and anylyze structures of biomolecules
- use selected freely available web tools, programs, and databases, for studying the structure, dynamics, and function of proteins, interactions of proteins with proteins, nucleic acids, and small organic molecules
- identify functionally important regions in proteins
- predict the structure of proteins and their complexes
- assess the effects of mutations to the function of proteins
Lecturers
doc. Mgr. David Bednář, Ph.D.
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Sérgio Manuel Marques, PhD.
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Seminar tutors
prof. Mgr. Jiří Damborský, Dr.
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Mgr. Jana Horáčková
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
MUDr. Jan Mičan
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Saltuk Mustafa Eyrilmez, Ph.D.
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Anthony Thomas P Legrand, Ph.D.
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Joan Planas Iglesias
Loschmidt Laboratories of Protein Engineering,
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Technical and graphical cooperation
Service Center for E-learning, Masaryk University
Part of Computer Systems Unit - Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
- Technical realization of publication (design, typography and web development)
Colophon
Structural Biology – practice
Multimedia electronic educational material
Bednář, David | Marques, Sérgio Manuel | Damborský, Jiří | Horáčková, Jana | Mičan, Jan | Eyrilmez, Saltuk Mustafa | Legrand, Anthony Thomas P | Iglesias, Joan Planas
Published by Masaryk University, Brno 2024
Created in collaboration with Service Center for E-Learning at MU,
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno 2014–2024
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