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Spacefilling representation
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| 1dtg, resolution 2.40Å () | |||||||||
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| Ligands: | , | ||||||||
| Domains: | Transferrin | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
Spacefilling representation is one way to represent a 3D structure. In spacefilling representation, each atom is depicted as a solid sphere, usually with a radius equal to some interpretation of its atomic radius. Viewing a molecule in spacefilling representation can crudely be thought of as a way to view the space that the molecule occupies.
On the right you see a n-lobe mutant of human transferrin (PDB code: 1dtg) in spacefill representation.
