08-25
Course Introduction
Course SyllabusOffice HoursIntroductory Slides
08-27
Unix, not Eunuchs
Unix SlidesRitchie DM and Thompson K (1974) The UNIX Time-Sharing System Comm ACM 17 365-75
09-01
Shell Games
Shell Games SlidesHistory @ 451
09-03
Shell Games (cont'd)
Bill of RightsStreams DemonstrationHistory @ 451
09-08
Computational Experimentation
Peng RD (2011) Reproducible Research in Computational Science Science 334 1226-7Sandve GK, Nekrutenko A, Taylor J and Hovig E (2013) Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research PLOS Computational Biology 9 e1003285Baggerly KA and Coombes KR (2009) Deriving chemosensitivity from cell lines: Forensic bioinformatics and reproducible research in high-throughput biology The Annals of Applied Statistics 3 1309-34Bioinformatics, September, 2026History @ 451
09-10
Protein Data Bank
Worldwide Protein Data BankBernstein FC, Koetzle TF, Williams GJB, Meyer EF, Brice MD, Rodgers JR, Kennard O, Shimanouchi T and Tasum M (1977) The Protein Data Bank: A Computer-Based Archival File for Macromolecular Structures Eur J Biochem 80 319-24Berman HM (2007) The Protein Data Bank: a historical perspective Acta Crystallographica Section A 64 88-95RCSB PDBPDBselectHobohm U, Scharf M, Schneider R and Sander C (1992) Selection of representative protein data sets Prot Sci 1 409-17Dunbrack Lab—PISCESHistory @ 451
09-15
Protein Folds
Hobohm U, Scharf M, Schneider R and Sander C (1992) Selection of representative protein data sets Prot Sci 1 409-17PDBselectDunbrack Lab—PISCESConte LL, Ailey B, Hubbard TJP, Brenner SE, Murzin AG and Chothia C (2000) SCOP: a Structural Classification of Proteins database Nuc Acid Res 28 257-9Structural Classification of ProteinsDawson NL, Lewis TE, Das S, Lees JG, Lee D, Ashford P, Orengo CA and Sillitoe I (2017) CATH: an expanded resource to predict protein function through structure and sequence Nuc Acids Res 45 D289-95Class, Architecture, Topology and Homologous SuperfamilyHistory @ 451
09-17
Presentation Graphics
Hobohm U, Scharf M, Schneider R and Sander C (1992) Selection of representative protein data sets Prot Sci 1 409-17PDBselectDunbrack Lab—PISCESConte LL, Ailey B, Hubbard TJP, Brenner SE, Murzin AG and Chothia C (2000) SCOP: a Structural Classification of Proteins database Nuc Acid Res 28 257-9Structural Classification of ProteinsDawson NL, Lewis TE, Das S, Lees JG, Lee D, Ashford P, Orengo CA and Sillitoe I (2017) CATH: an expanded resource to predict protein function through structure and sequence Nuc Acids Res 45 D289-95Class, Architecture, Topology and Homologous SuperfamilyPresentation Graphics SlidesKraulis PJ (1991) MOLSCRIPT: a program to produce both detailed and schematic plots of protein structures J Appl Cryst 24 946-50MolScriptMolScript Visual TutorialRaster 3DHistory @ 451
09-22
Presentation Graphics (cont'd)
Presentation Graphics SlidesKraulis PJ (1991) MOLSCRIPT: a program to produce both detailed and schematic plots of protein structures J Appl Cryst 24 946-50MolScriptMolScript Visual TutorialRaster 3DHistory @ 451
09-24
Presentation Graphics (cont'd)
Presentation Graphics SlidesKraulis PJ (1991) MOLSCRIPT: a program to produce both detailed and schematic plots of protein structures J Appl Cryst 24 946-50MolScriptMolScript Visual TutorialRaster 3DHistory @ 451
09-29
Solvent Accessibility
Picknett T and Davis K (1999) The 100 most-cited articles from JMB J Mol Biol 293 173-6Lee B and Richards FM (1971) The interpretation of protein structures: estimation of static accessibility J Mol Biol 55 379-400Wikipedia—Accessible Surface AreanaccessHistory @ 451
10-01
Hydrogen Bonding
Pauling L (1931) The nature of the chemical bond. Application of results obtained from the quantum mechanics and from a theory of paramagnetic susceptibility to the structure of molecules JACS 53 1367-1400Shirley BA, Stannsens P, Hahn U and Pace CN (1992) Contribution of hydrogen bonding to the conformational stability of ribonuclease T1 Biochemistry 31 725-32Presta LG and Rose GD (1988) Helix Signals in Proteins Science 240 1632-41Rose GD (2021) Protein folding - seeing is deceiving Protein Science 30 1606–1616HBPLUS v.3.06History @ 451
10-06
Midterm Exam
Midterm Exam
10-08
Secondary Structure
Kabsch W and Sander C (1983) Dictionary of protein secondary structure: pattern recognition of hydrogen-bonded and geometrical features Biopolymers 22 2577-2637Frischman D and Argos P (1995) Knowledge-based protein secondary structure assignment Proteins 23 566-79Scholtz JM, York EJ, Stewart JM and Baldwin RL (1991) A neutral, water-soluble α–helical peptide: the effect of ionic strength on the helix-coil equilibrium JACS 113 5102-4Pace CN and Scholtz JM (1998) A helix propensity scale based on experimental studies of peptides and proteins Biophys J 75 422-7History @ 451
10-13
Sequence Alignment (Global)
Scholtz JM, York EJ, Stewart JM and Baldwin RL (1991) A neutral, water-soluble α–helical peptide: the effect of ionic strength on the helix-coil equilibrium JACS 113 5102-4Pace CN and Scholtz JM (1998) A helix propensity scale based on experimental studies of peptides and proteins Biophys J 75 422-7SlidesNeedleman SB and Wunsch CD (1970) A general method applicable to the search for similarities in the amino acid sequence of two proteins JMB 48 443-53Thompson JD, Higgins DG and Gibson TJ (1994) CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice Nucleic Acids Res 22 4673-80HPr sequences for multiple alignmentHistory @ 451
10-15
No Class—Fall Recess
10-20
Secondary Structure Prediction
Chou PY and Fasman JD (1974) Prediction of protein conformation Biochemistry 13 222-45Frishman D and Argos P (1997) Seventy-five percent accuracy in protein secondary structure prediction Proteins 27 329-35PSI-BLAST TutorialJones DT (1999) Protein secondary structure prediction based on position-specific scoring matrices J Mol Biol 292 195-202History @ 451
10-22
Tertiary Structure Prediction
10-27
Tertiary Structure Prediction (cont'd)
10-29
Molecular Dynamics
11-03
Docking
11-05
Sequence Alignment (Local)
11-10
Sequence Alignment (Local) (cont'd)
11-12
Phylogeny
11-17
High–Throughput Sequencing
11-19
Alignment to a Reference Sequence
11-24
No Class—Thanksgiving Recess
11-26
No Class—Thanksgiving Recess
12-01
Variant Calling
12-03
Various and Sundry Tools
12-08
Using the Literature
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