[Colloquium] Research at TTIC: Hammad Naveed, TTIC

[Mary Marre]

When:     Friday, October 9th at noon

Where:    TTIC, 6045 S Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526

Who:        Hammad Naveed, TTIC

Title: Improved 3d Structure Prediction of Beta-Barrel Membrane Proteins
Using Evolutionary Coupling Constraints and a Reduced State Space


Abstract: This talk will present a novel method to predict the 3d structure
of beta-barrel membrane proteins using evolutionary coupling constraints
and a reduced state space. Furthermore, this method can be combined with an
empirical potential function to improve the prediction further. Beta-barrel
membrane proteins are involved in several biological process, bacterial
virulence and nano-pore engineering. Due to difficulties in experimental
structure determination, they are sparsely represented in the protein
structure databank and computational methods are required to understand
their biophysical principles.


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Mary C. Marre
Administrative Assistant
*Toyota Technological Institute*
*6045 S. Kenwood Avenue*
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