CREATION OF MODEL BASE AMINO ACID LIBRARIES

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 蛋白质与DNA和RNA的特异性结合在生物过程和病毒生命周期的调节中是重要的。 氢键通常主导特定的相互作用，氨基酸氢键与特定碱基，碱基对和碱基步骤的相容性的建模研究可以帮助我们理解和预测氨基酸-核酸特异性的基础。 我们已经编写了一个程序，系统地分析了氨基酸和单个碱基之间以及氨基酸和碱基对之间氢键的可能性。 我们正在分析由此产生的数据库，以获得对特异性的有趣见解。 这个程序，除了需要计算能力，需要计算机图形实验室的可视化能力。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Specific binding of proteins to DNA and RNA is important in regulation of biological processes and viral lifecycles. Hydrogen bonds often dominate specific interactions, and a modeling study of amino acid hydrogen bond compatibility with particular bases, base pairs, and base steps may help us understand and predict the basis of amino acid-nucleic acid specificity. We have written a program that systematically analyzes the hydrogen bonding possibilities between amino acids and single bases, and amino acids and base pairs. We are in the process of analyzing the resulting database for interesting insights into specificity. This program, in addition to requiring computational power, requires the visualization capabilities of the Computer Graphics Laboratory.