<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 4 HW: Protein Design Part I :: 2026a-suhyun-sul</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/suhyun-sul/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.html</link><description>Part A. Conceptual Questions
Answer any NINE of the following questions from Shuguang Zhang: (i.e. you can select two to skip)
How many molecules of amino acids do you take with a piece of 500 grams of meat? (on average an amino acid is ~100 Daltons) Why do humans eat beef but do not become a cow, eat fish but do not become fish? Why are there only 20 natural amino acids? Can you make other non-natural amino acids? Design some new amino acids. Where did amino acids come from before enzymes that make them, and before life started? If you make an α-helix using D-amino acids, what handedness (right or left) would you expect? Can you discover additional helices in proteins? Why are most molecular helices right-handed? Why do β-sheets tend to aggregate? What is the driving force for β-sheet aggregation? Why do many amyloid diseases form β-sheets? Can you use amyloid β-sheets as materials? Design a β-sheet motif that forms a well-ordered structure. Part B: Protein Analysis and Visualization</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/suhyun-sul/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>