4.5 Designing Protein through Music

demonstration

Use an Android app, if you have access, and design your own protein. If you do not have an android device, try one of these emulators to run the app (e.g., ARChon) or for Mac.

Download the amino acid synthesizer app here.

Use it to play a 10-note melody. The app will display the notes as 1-letter amino acid code sequence. Write down or copy the amino acid sequence from the app (stored in the 1-letter code). Translate the 1-letter code and write out the full name of the amino acids in the sequence played using this table (click the table to view it in a new tab):

Think about what protein you think you have generated.

Now, play this melody, which is the sequence of a silk protein:
GAASAAAAAG GQGGRGGFGG LGSQGEGGAG

How does it sound? Learn more about the protein.

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VENKATESWARLU MANDALAPU

yes we can design through music

Yash V. Joshi

Possible.

Luke Gurbin

Just mind boggling.

Luke Gurbin

In Natural Health consulting, we at times see 22 amino acids listed, and some claim there are 24. I am wondering if there is a gap somewhere. 🙂🍵☕🍵🍵 I will be wrong, snake oil and the crackpots! 🙂

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