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But the Real Question Is, Were There Originally Fifteen?

Nov 28, 2008

If you've been in need of a good protein-related laugh, Blogger Bosco at Trapped in the USA delivers. Don't miss his entertaining list of the Ten Commandments of Protein Folding. Some samples:

  • Thou shalt have no other structure before the one true native structure.
  • Thou shalt not make unto thee any false structure of the native state, or any likeness of any structure such as predicted by molecular dynamics or homology modeling programs.
  • Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's structure, as designated by SCOP or CATH, nor his sequence, nor his function, for thy structure has been given thee by thy sequence alone.


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