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Protein Databases - Exercise 3
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the single worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D structure data of large molecules of proteins and nucleic acids.
  1. Browse to the PDB website.
  2. Has the structure of leptin been solved? If so, by whom and where was it published?
  3. Which method was used to solve the structure?
  4. Download the PDB entry and use rasmol to visualize the structure.