Motif
Motif
Bioinformatics
Md. Fazlul Karim Patwary
Definition
• Motif is a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.,
specially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
• Example protein:
Types of Motif
• Protein Name: 1IGT
• Name: β-meander motif
• DNA Sequence: 41-126
Types of Motif
• Name: Psi-loop motif
• Functional Description: two antiparallel strands with
one strand in between that is connected to both by
hydrogen bonds.
• Example protein:
Types of Motif
• Protein Name: 1IGT
• DNA Sequence: 126-171
• Name: Psi-loop motif
Types of Motif
• Name: β hairpin
• Functional Description: two anti-parallel strands are
linked by a short loop of two to five residues.
• Example protein:
Types of Motif
• Name: Basic helix-loop-helix
• Example protein:
Assignment
• Collect all the motif from a real protein.
• Write the name of protein
• Write motif name
• Give the image of that Motif
• Use Pymol software to do all the above tasks