Derivation of ATP Synthase 3D Protein Structure
23 April 2023
This project started when a University of Rochester PhD student commissioned a 3D print and 3D renders of an ATP Synthase protein structure, along with the D, B, and A substructures. I began by finding the amino acid sequence of the substructures in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). I imported these raw xml files for each sub group into UCSF's Chimera X Visualization software where I was able to modify the weight and scale of all the verticies to create 3D sphere clusters, in place of the winding coils of the protein. Next, I exported these files as solid 3D mesh, which allowed me to render them in a Blender environment and 3D print/assemble a physical model. See the final model below:
