For your Protein of the Year assignment you will need to convince your classmates that your protein is fantastic due to its biochemistry. Your goal is to add your name to the coveted Jane Richardson Cup alongside the previous years' winners Ian Robertson, Alex Harris, and Anand Divakaran. To do so, you will generate a web page via Blogger that will show off your protein. Though some proteins can make a convincing case on their own with their structures, you will want to enhance your case by pointing out what makes your protein the best. Though you need not follow the template, feel free to examine the pages for these proteins to give you an idea of what to show:
- ribonuclease inhibitor
- GFP
- rhodopsin
- alpha-hemolysin
- chaperonins like GroEL-ES
Each student will pick a unique protein (first come, first served), which you will post on Google docs. You will not be able to choose any of the following proteins already in the Hall of Fame: ribonuclease inhibitor, alpha-hemolysin, anthrax toxin, salmonella needle complex, nitrogenase, or hemagglutinin. I have posted a Google document for your sign up starting at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 12, and student choices will be awarded in the order in which you have signed up. Let me know ASAP if you cannot access the signup.
In the meantime, each of you should start your own blog on blogger (you should be able to find instructions from this page...let me know if you're having trouble), and then make sure that you're able to post comments. Look around for proteins of interest, whether they be from the Protein Data Bank, your research, the textbook, etc., and find a backup or two in case someone chooses your protein before you.
Here are a few links you may find useful:
- RCSB Protein Data Bank
- the beginnings of my Virtual Protein Museum; there are several proteins here whose pages are incomplete. You may use this as a starting point for your own page (though your work should be original)
- Proteopedia
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