Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 9, 2026

A Protocol for Computer-Based Protein Structure and Function Prediction
Published on: November 3, 2011
Microcomputer-assisted periodic pattern recognition in the primary structure of proteins
A Colosimo1, V Balzarotti, S Morante
1Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
Abstract:
Some relevant problems concerning the computational methods able to predict the higher structures of biopolymers from the sequence of their monomers will be introduced and a software package, LAPS (Look At Primary Structures) able to tackle many of those problems even on microcomputers, will be illustrated in its architecture and performances. In discussing some exemplary applications, special emphasis will be given to the recognition of repetitive patterns.
Related Concept Videos
Peptide Identification Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry
This technique helps gather information regarding the protein from which the peptide was obtained and to study the peptides’ amino acid sequence. Identifying peptides from a complex mixture is an important component of the growing field of...
Proteomics
Proteomics is the study of proteomes' function. It involves the large-scale systematic study of the proteome to denote the protein complement expressed by a genome. Scientist Mark Wilkins coined the term proteomics...

