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Are there any books that specialize in the hydrophobic bonds of proteins? Bonus points if the book talks about how this is essential to solve the protein folding problem. Bonus points if the book is geared towards computer programmers.

I try to read everything out there that might be helpful. That includes 2000 page books like "Braunwald's Heart Disease." While this book is the foremost authority in cardiology, only 2% of it was about proteins.

Yet, none of the books I've ever read have mentioned PyMol. Protein prediction is virtually impossible without protein visualization software. PyMol is the best protein visualization software I know of. Pic related.

In the pic, all the hydrophobic residues are shown in detail. Officially, the pertinent theory is called "hydrophobic collapse." This is misleading however. The term "hydrophobic interior" is much more appropriate. Without using PyMol, or a similar program, it would be almost impossible to appreciate this concept.

On Youtube, there's a lot about PyMol. Why don't books mention it? Images from PyMol would be very useful. The key to understanding proteins is all visual. Yet, no book I've read emphasizes this.