This REU program will make your engineering degree complete.
Many students never get the chance to do research on their own.
Not to mention the ability of this program to condition a person to be comfortable with their ideas and telling other people about them. The active site of a protein consists of a collection of precisely positioned amino acid side chains that catalyze a specific reaction. By studying this active site, biochemists can design new drugs to inhibit the normal reactions. Currently, active sites are commonly examined in 2-dimensions using molecular visualization software. This model focuses on those amino acid residues that directly contribute to the catalytic mechanism of the enzyme.