User talk:Yen181/sandbox

- A lead section would be recommended. In this case, a concise and accurate statement about what is folding funnel should be introduced. Then, a quick summary about background, proposed funnel models, and applications could be included. - Subheadings are suggested under the section of “Proposed Funnel Models”, such as “Idealized smooth funnel”, “Rugged funnel”, and “Foldon funnel”, for a clearer organization. - A title of “References” is needed. - Hyperlink for some special terms are recommended, such as “free energy”, “energy landscape”, and “protein folding”. Or “See also” section could be added. - The overall tone is good. - Visual methods are highly recommended. For example, for the part of the stochastic model of protein conformations, a graph or an example will be easier to understand the y-axis and x-axis there. - I personally look forward to more recent study or information according to the references. Is there anything new about application of folding funnel theory, like within recent 5 years? - Statements are well cited. - Small issues in grammar/tense. For example, “After the term folding funnel was stated in an article in 1992 by José Onuchic, Ken A Dill surveys the polymer theory in protein folding…”. A past tense might be better for consistency. StudentQ (talk) 22:57, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

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I think that you would greatly benefit from adding images, this is a difficult subject even for people with a lot of background on the subject.

I believe that the protein chemistry textbook Whitford, D. (2005). Proteins: Structure and Function has some good sections on folding, touching on the folding funnel.

If possible, you may want to try to move away from the complex language such as "As protein folding process goes through a stochastic search of conformations before reaching its final destination[2], the vast number of possible conformations is considered irrelevant, while the kinetic traps begin to play a role", that being said I think that some of this language is expected from the complexity of the topic.

Would it be possible for you to talk a bit about accelerated molecular dynamics and the equations involved in your final section on computer modeling?

That being said, you are already at a major improvement over the source article and are making great progress! Jamir1234 (talk) 04:22, 2 April 2019 (UTC) Jamir1234