<p>Asking how to visualise the disordered region of a protein is a bit like asking how to visualise the location of an electron.</p>
<p>An <em>intrinsically disordered protein</em>, by definition, has regions that are disordered. In other words, their location is variable under observation, so they cannot be precisely placed in a 3D model.</p>

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Thank you for the answer @gringer, I understood.
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<p>The position that I have to visualize is in the 2700 position and this position exists in two ranges in <a href="https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q12802#family_and_domains" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q12802#family_and_domains</a> the first range is Interaction with ESR1 and the second region is disordered, the first question is which range I should be based on? and the second is Why <strong>intrinsically disordered protein(IDP)</strong> can't be visualized in 3D?</p>

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Intrinsically disordered protein
# Intrinsically disordered protein

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-25)

*This question has also been asked on [Biostars](https://www.biostars.org/p/9477217/)*

The position that I have to visualize is in the 2700 position and this position exists in two ranges in <https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q12802#family_and_domains> the first range is Interaction with ESR1 and the second region is disordered, the first question is which range I should be based on? and the second is Why **intrinsically disordered protein(IDP)** can't be visualized in 3D?

**Tags:** 3d-structure, structural-biology

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Asking how to visualise the disordered region of a protein is a bit like asking how to visualise the location of an electron.

An *intrinsically disordered protein*, by definition, has regions that are disordered. In other words, their location is variable under observation, so they cannot be precisely placed in a 3D model.

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> **username_0**: Thank you for the answer @gringer, I understood.  

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