This article goes into how I used the visualization tool PyMOL for examining 3D representations of the aforementioned proteins, and looking into detail into various protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions.

Terminology

• BRCA2 — the Breast Cancer Type 2 susceptibility protein — The protein is crucial to repairing DNA damage and response pathways. Mutations of this protein have been linked to several forms of cancer.
• RAD51 — a member of the RAD51 protein family that assists in repair of DNA double strand breaks
• 1N0W — a crystal structure of a RAD51-BRCA2 BRC repeat complex that works in gene regulation and creating anti tumor…

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You reminisce back to the old days where…

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A Quick Background

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