The Protein Explorer: Interactive Web-Based Learning and Access to 3D Protein Structure

Protein Explorer：基于 Web 的交互式学习和 3D 蛋白质结构访问

• 批准号: 9980909
• 负责人: Eric Martz
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-01 至 2006-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9980909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Protein; Explorer; Interactive; Web; Based

Biological Sciences (61) The Protein Explorer features discovery-based, interactive learning with built-in quizzing. There are three levels of presentation: basic, an introduction to the principles of protein structure; guided, an intermediary level offering a dozen built-in molecules; and advanced. Guided Protein Explorer leads the student through a series of fundamental questions, automatically rendering the molecule in the best manner for observing the answer to each question, while quizzing the student. It also enables students to use the same series of questions to explore any of the 10,000 macromolecules available from the Protein Data Bank To assist in interpreting the images of an unknown molecule, built-in molecules which illustrate major categories (e.g. soluble vs. lipid-seeking) are offered for comparison. As an advance over the existing software (RasMol and Chime) serving as a base for this product, no specialized technical knowledge of the software is required to use the basic or guided forms. Protein Explorer is freely downloadable from an educational macromolecular visualization website, www.rcsb.org, currently visited by 5,000-6,000 people per week.

生物科学 (61) Protein Explorer 具有基于发现的交互式学习和内置测验。讲授分为三个层次：基础，介绍蛋白质结构原理；引导，中间层提供十几个内置分子；和先进的。 Guided Protein Explorer 引导学生解决一系列基本问题，以最佳方式自动呈现分子，以便观察每个问题的答案，同时对学生进行测验。它还使学生能够使用同一系列的问题来探索蛋白质数据库中提供的 10,000 个大分子中的任何一个。为了帮助解释未知分子的图像，提供了说明主要类别（例如可溶性与脂质寻求）的内置分子以进行比较。作为该产品基础的现有软件（RasMol 和 Chime）的进步，使用基本或指导表格不需要软件的专业技术知识。 Protein Explorer 可从教育性大分子可视化网站 www.rcsb.org 免费下载，目前每周有 5,000-6,000 人访问。