jolecule

Sick of complicated protein viewers?

Then welcome to Jolecule, the web-based protein viewer - no plugins needed.

It has a beautiful interface that focuses on looking at atoms in proteins.

Jolecule works in HTML5 browsers such as Chrome and Safari, mostly in Firefox, and even on the iPad.

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Annotated Views

Jolecule is centered around annotated views of your protein.

No more emailing clunky PDB attachments, just send a URL.

Grab structures from the PDB

To view a protein in the Protein Data Bank, just set the URL to "jolecule.appspot.com/pdb/" + PDB_ID.

Upload your own structures

First, login (top right) with your google account, as the site is built on Google App Engine. Then, access your account page (next to login) to upload.

Easy to find residues

The interface has been designed so that everything is clickable, even on a laptop.

Tell stories of your protein

Just by pressing spacebar, Jolecule will generate an animated slideshow of your protein:

how myoglobin traps oxygen[1MBO]
how trypsin cleaves a peptide bond [2PTN]
how dihydrofolate reductase reduces dihydrofolic acid [1RX2]
how the glucocorticoid receptor binds DNA [3FYL]
...and more in the Garden of Protein Annotations

Designed and written by Bosco Ho.