Question

The main feature of computer visualization programs is interactivity, which allows users to visually manipulate the structural images through a graphical user interface.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question originated from Protein Structural Visualization topic in chapter Structural Bioinformatics of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

Easy explanation: At the touch of a mouse button, a user can move, rotate, and zoom an atomic model on a computer screen in real time, or examine any portion of the structure in great detail, as well as draw it in various forms in different colors. Further manipulations can include changing the conformation of a structure by protein modeling or matching a ligand to an enzyme active site through docking exercises.