Exploring the Hydrophobic Core

Select different proteins and choose which parts of the protein molecule to highlight. Click and drag the molecule to rotate it. Observe where the polar and nonpolar parts of the protein end up and how they influence the overall structure of the larger protein molecule.

Topics

  • Albumin
  • Lysozyme
  • Restriction Enzyme
  • Insulin
  • Nonpolar
  • Polar
  • Charged
  • Amino acids
  • Protein Folding
  • 3D
  • Protein
  • Protein Structure
  • Atoms
  • Ball and stick
  • spacefill
  • polarity
  • hydrophillic
  • hydrophobic
  • element
  • amino acid