Hi!
the goal of this blog is to use the strings of letters from text posts matching proteinogenic amino acids into 3D structures using AlphaFold. i am not affiliated with AlphaFold in any way, just using it to create and share some neat images. the idea for this was heavily inspired by @hellsitegenetics .
to make these, i will be removing any letters not matching proteinogenic amino acids, as well as any other characters, and plugging the resulting sequence into AlphaFold3. while i tried in some early posts, unusual amino acids unfortunately do not work in my structures. therefore, B, J, O, U, X and Z will all be omitted. in the final image i will usually only be showing the cartoon and hide the surface and side chains, for the sake of making a somewhat more pleasant image. i now use ChimeraX to open and show structures. they may not always be accurate depending on the string of letters, so unless i say anything else, assume that none of it is reliable!
also disclaimer: i am not a structural biologist (i have a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and am currently studying lipids). i will do my best to answer questions but i will surely make mistakes. please correct me when this happens!
please send me any posts you want to see made into structures :) i can't promise i'll answer fast but i will do my best
some of the more popular protein memes:
never gonna give you up, leitner rant, bee movie intro, spiders georg, ihnmaims hate, man door hand hook car door
and of course: the full bee movie script
here are some tags i tend to use to categorize things:
#protein asks for inbox submissions
#protein memes and #protein songs for memes and songs
#protein info if i'm answering science questions or explaining things













