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PTEN (Folded Ribbon Model)

Size

Description

The folded ribbon model of PTEN, a tumor suppressor protein.

The amino acid chain of PTEN folds into a defined three-dimensional shape, guided by the chemical interactions between its building blocks. This piece renders the folded ribbon model, the structure through which PTEN acts as a tumor suppressor.

Third in a series following the central dogma of molecular biology: DNA sequence, protein sequence, folded structure. A protein's shape, and therefore its function, follows from the sequence written in its gene.

Provenance

RCSB Protein Data Bank, PDB ID 1D5R
https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1D5R
PDB structure 1D5R. Lee et al., 1999. Public domain (RCSB PDB).

Materials

Archival giclée print on fine-art paper, a faithful digital reproduction of a pen-plotted work. Each print ships with a signed data-provenance insert card.

Included

  • One archival giclée print (unframed)
  • Signed data-provenance insert card
  • Care instructions

Studio

Genetics of Design is a data art studio that uses pen plotting as its medium. Each piece begins with a public record, whether road networks, genomes, star catalogs, or species data, translated through custom code into composition, density, and line, and published alongside the provenance of the data it came from.