structural genomics

Structural Genomics (SG) refers to the structural determination of all the proteins in a particular genome. More generally, SG has come to mean the effort to solve a representative set of protein structures, from which models of all proteins can be built using sequence homology. Knowledge of a protein's tertiary structure will greatly aid in the identification of its biological and chemical function. SG efforts are international, and their current progress can be viewed at TargetDB.