Plotting a protein sequence and structure

Proteins are the leading actors in the cell, performing most of the actions needed to sustain life. These macromolecules are amino acid residue chains. We usually represent amino acid residues using characters and, therefore, a protein chain as a sequence of characters. Protein chains can adopt a set of tridimensional structures that we can analyze to understand their functional mechanism. This section will explore ways to visualize protein sequence and structure using MIToS and packages from the BioJulia organization. In particular, we will not focus on exploring single sequences but on multiple sequence alignments (MSAs). These alignments show information about the sequence of interest and many other evolutionary-related sequences.

While MIToS focuses on analyzing proteins, the packages in the BioJulia ecosystem can also model other macromolecules, especially DNA and RNA molecules. Using MIToS, we can take advantage of its Plots recipes...