Voronoi and Voronoi-related tessellations in studies of protein structure and interaction.
The three-dimensional structure of a protein can be modeled by a set of polyhedra drawn around its atoms or residues. The tessellation invented by Voronoi in 1908, and other tessellations of space derived from it, provide versatile representations of three-dimensional structures. In recent years, they have been used to investigate a series of issues relating to proteins: atom and residue volumes, packing, folding, interactions and binding.
Poupon
Anne
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Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, CNRS Bat 34, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. poupon@lebs.cnrs-gif.fr
D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
D011506:Proteins