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Conformation of beta-hairpins in protein structures. A systematic classification with applications to modelling by
B L Sibanda1, T L Blundell, J M Thornton
1Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, U.K.
Journal of Molecular Biology
|April 20, 1989
Abstract:
A systematic classification of beta-hairpin structures which takes into account the polypeptide chain length and hydrogen bonding between the two antiparallel beta-strands is described. We have used this classification of beta-hairpin structures and their specific sequence pattern to derive rules which demonstrate its usefulness in assisting modelling beta-hairpins. These rules can be applied to comparative model building, modelling into electron density and in the prediction of conformation of beta-hairpins to aid protein engineering.