BiotechEd

This collection of chemical and molecular structures has been designed to accompany the upcoming edition of Biotechnology: Science for the New Millennium, by Ellyn Daugherty.

All the types of structures below can be viewed in Molecule World on the iPad or Molecule World for iPhone. More information about the textbook and related materials can be found at BiotechEd.com.

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Type		Structure Description	PDB ID	Download Structure
An MW Collection	Image	To view the collection, you will need to download and install the iPad version of Molecule World. Once Molecule World is installed on your iPad, return to this page and download the entire collection at once by selecting the mwc file. View Details		Document BiotechEd.mwc (1.02 MB)
	Image	Amylose–a polymer of D-glucose and a component of starch View Details
PDB	Image	Maltohexaose is an intermediate in the production of maltose from starch by alpha amylase. View Details	maltohexaose	Document maltohexaose.pdb.gz (7.17 KB)
	Image	A disaccharide with two glucose subunits and the same kind of bond found in cellulose. View Details		Document Cellobiose_CID_10712.sdf.gz (2.41 KB)
PDB	Image	Normal alpha amylase, aligned to a heat tolerant version of the same protein. View Details	1BLI	Document align_1BL1.pdb.gz (82.11 KB)
PDB	Image	Heat tolerant alpha amylase, aligned to a normal version of the same protein. View Details	1E3Z	Document 1E3Z_aligned.pdb.gz (95.75 KB)
MMDB	Image	A heat tolerant form of alpha amylase, engineered from Bacillus lichenformis and Bacillus amyloliquifaciens. View Details	1E3Z	Document 1E3Z.cn3 (301.09 KB)
MMDB	Image	A wild-type form of alpha amylase from Bacillus licheniformis. View Details	1BLI	Document 1BL1.cn3 (234.06 KB)
MMDB	Image	Alpha amylase with maltose from Bacillus sp.707. Maltose is produced when alpha amylase digests starch. Select the first five glucose monomers (GLC) to highlight maltose. View Details	2D3L	Document 2D3L.cn3 (247.27 KB)
MMDB	Image	A beta amylase from Bacillus cereus. This enzyme works best at pH 6.5. View Details	1VEM	Document 1VEM.cn3 (268.21 KB)
MMDB	Image	A beta amylase from Bacillus cereus engineered to work at a lower pH (4.6). The tyrosine at position 164 has been changed to glutamic acid (Y164e) View Details	1VEN	Document 1VEN.cn3 (260.76 KB)
MMDB	Image	A beta amylase from Bacillus cereus engineered to work at a lower pH (4.6). The tyrosine at position 164 has been changed to phenylalanine (Y164f) View Details	1VEO	Document 1VEO.cn3 (262.52 KB)
MMDB	Image	RNA polymerase from E. coli, in a transcription initiation complex. View Details	4YLP	Document 4YLP.cn3 (1.68 MB)
MMDB	Image	EcoRI, a restriction enzyme. View Details	1ER1	Document 1ER1.cn3 (218.02 KB)
MMDB	Image	HindIII, a restriction enzyme. View Details	3A4K	Document 3A4K.cn3 (261.94 KB)
	Image	IPTG, used for inducing genes controlled by the lac promoter. View Details		Document IPTG.sdf.gz (1.71 KB)
MMDB	Image	A short chain of double-stranded DNA. Hydrogens are not shown because this structure was obtained through X-ray diffraction. View Details	2BNA	Document 2BNA.cn3 (36.95 KB)
MMDB	Image	A short chain of double-stranded DNA showing hydrogens. Hydrogens are present because this structure was solved by NMR. View Details	1NAJ