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Thailand – Japan Student Science Fair 2020 (TJ-SSF 2020)
“Seeding Innovations through Fostering Thailand – Japan Youth Friendship”

Everybody who wants to study protein come here

Shu Shiramizu , Ryuei Kitagawa 1
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Advisor: Atsutoshi Yokoyama

1 National Institute of Technology, Sasebo College

Abstract

One huge barrier for studying proteins in the biology textbook is a difficulty of
understanding structural constructions. You never get any real images or figures about active site of
enzymes from high school biology textbook. One methodology is proposed in this paper about the
way you study protein structures and those active sites. You can download any protein text data from
Protein Data Bank (PDB) homepage free of charge. The PDB files include the structural coordinate
data of proteins and the data are visualized by QtMG software on your PC. The QtMG is also a free
and safe software as well. You can see and enjoy three-dimensional (3D) structures of your favorite
proteins by rotating, rescaling, coloring and printing. You also can focus on the active site of the
enzymes to get further understanding of enzymatic chemical reactions. You will soon realize the
beauty of any constructions composed of protein framework. You may be able to use your own
pictures of proteins on your academic presentation without any copyright concerns.

Keywords: protein, protein data bank, QtMG

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