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  1. For prediction of three dimensional structure of protein
    (P) homology modeling tries many possible alignments
    (Q) threading first identifies homologues
    (R) threading evaluates many rough models
    (S) homology modeling optimizes one model
    1. Q, S
    2. P, Q
    3. R, S
    4. Q, R
Correct Option: C

Protein threading, also known as fold recognition, is a method of protein modeling (i.e. computational protein structure prediction) which is used to model those proteins which have the same fold as proteins of known structures, but do not have homologous proteins with known structure. It differs from the homology modeling method of structure prediction as it (protein threading)
is used for proteins which do not have their homologous protein structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank (PDB), whereas homology modeling is used for those proteins which do. Threading works by using statistical knowledge of the relationship between the structures deposited in the PDB and the sequence of the protein which one wishes to model. Homology modeling, also known as comparative modeling of protein, refers to constructing an atomic-resolution model of the “target” protein from its amino acid sequence and an experimental three-dimensional structure of a related homologous protein (the “template”). Homology modeling relies on the identification of one or more known protein structures likely to resemble the structure of the query sequence, and on the production of an alignment that maps residues in the query sequence to residues in the template sequence.



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