Question

The design of these compounds may use dead-end elimination to minimize their conformational energy. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these compounds whose structure can be predicted with the aid of “knowledge-based” potentials from the PDB. Rotamer libraries for these compounds may tabulate allowed values for the angles omega, phi, and psi.
ANSWER: proteins [accept peptides]
[10e] Protein design specifies a 3D tertiary structure and aims to find a sequence that will match it when it undergoes this process. Prions are formed when this process occurs incorrectly.
ANSWER: folding [or protein folding]
[10h] This two-word term refers to the design of proteins that do not occur in nature. David Baker’s lab’s production of Top7 using only algorithmic means exemplifies protein design described by this term.
ANSWER: de novo [or de novo protein design]
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California2025-02-01Y310.0067%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y613.33100%33%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y615.00100%50%0%
Midwest2025-02-01Y618.33100%83%0%
Overflow2025-02-01Y516.0080%40%40%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y215.00100%50%0%
Southeast2025-02-01Y310.00100%0%0%
UK2025-02-01Y1015.00100%40%10%

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Claremont BClaremont A0000
UC Berkeley AUC Berkeley B1010020
UCLAUCSD010010
Carnegie Mellon BMichigan State010010
Case Western BMichigan D010010
Case Western AKenyon010010
Michigan AOhio State A1010020
Michigan BCarnegie Mellon A010010
Michigan COhio State B1010020
Virginia ALiberty A1010020
Liberty BLiberty C010010
South CarolinaDuke010010
UNC CUNC D1010020
Wake ForestUNC B010010
Virginia Tech AWilliam & Mary1010020
Indiana AChicago D1010020
WashU AIllinois B1010020
WashU BIllinois C1010020
Indiana BIllinois A010010
Chicago CMissoui S&T1010020
Chicago BMissouri1010020
Georgetown ANorthwestern B010010
Georgetown BNotre Dame C0000
Stanford BIowa10101030
Northwestern ANotre Dame A10101030
Notre Dame BPurdue010010
UBCAlberta1010020
UW BUW A010010
Bruin AGeorgia Tech C010010
Louisville AGeorgia Tech A010010
Alabama AVanderbilt A010010
Cambridge CCambridge B1010020
Southampton BCambridge D1010020
Oxford CCambridge E010010
Imperial ALSE1010020
Southampton ANYU C010010
Cambridge AOxford A10101030
Oxford BImperial B010010
SheffieldManchester010010
Warwick ABristol010010
DurhamWarwick B010010