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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://firstglance.jmol.org">FirstGlance
in Jmol</a> is linked to every PDB entry in Proteopedia. <b>Educators</b>
please note that FirstGlance enables exploration of protein
structure with remarkable ease of use. A <b>new version</b>, just
released, starts out in a "less detailed" or <b>simplified mode</b>
for beginners. See secondary structure, hydrophobic cores,
distribution of charges, salt bridges, cation-pi interactions,
disulfide bonds and 6 other kinds of protein crosslinks with a few
clicks each. Links go to explanations and illustrations of each of
these in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://proteopedia.org/w/About_Macromolecular_Structure">Proteopedia.Org</a>.
See non-covalent interactions with ligands. Isolate any moiety or
hide components with a few clicks. Find by short sequence motifs,
sequence numbers, etc.
<p>Any view can be saved with a few clicks either as a static image,
or as an animation ready to drop into a presentation slide (see <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://tinyurl.com/movingmolecules">examples</a>).
Excellent for student reports (see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://proteopedia.org/w/User:Eric_Martz/Introduction_to_Structural_Bioinformatics">lesson
plans</a>). <br>
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<p>FirstGlance displays amino acid sequences and provides <a
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href="https://proteopedia.org/wiki/fgij/seqalign.htm">instructions</a>
for doing multiple sequence alignments and clear visualization
with <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://msareveal.org">MSAReveal.Org</a>.</p>
<p>Press "Show more details" if you're up for any of: <a
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href="https://proteopedia.org/w/Electron_density_maps">electron
density maps</a> (new and super easy), alternate locations
(easily <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://proteopedia.org/w/Alternate_locations">animated</a>),
occupancy values, crystal contacts or the unit cell. See
FirstGlance-generated <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t-hAL5AWeGmXJdanNNusIbiLN0_c53laQe7PJrjQRe8/edit#slide=id.gead9198f4d_0_60">animations
of electron density maps</a>.<br>
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<p>Please feel free to reply with questions or suggestions.</p>
<p>-Eric Martz</p>
<p>P.S. If problems with the new version, hold down the Shift key
while reloading the page to force the browser's cache to update.<br>
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