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=== Representation of structures ===
Protein structures have to be represented in some coordinate independent space to make them comparable. One possible representation is the so-called [[distance matrix]], which is a two-dimensional [[Matrix (mathematics)|matrix]] containing all pairwise distance between all C<sub>α</sub> atoms of the protein backbone. This can also be represented as a set of overlapping sub-matrices spanning only fragments of the protein.
Another possible representation is the reduction of the protein structure to the level of [[secondary structure]] elements (SSEs), which can be represented as [[vector]]s, and can carry additional information about relationships to other SSEs, as well as about certain biophysical properties.
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