Native-like and structurally characterized designed alpha-helical bundles
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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
S F Betz1, J W Bryson, W F DeGrado
1DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, USA.
Abstract:
A number of coiled coils and alpha-helical bundles have recently been designed, and many have now been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Others have not been as well characterized structurally but exhibit native-like properties in aqueous solution. Both areas of investigation have contributed greatly to our understanding of the nature of specificity in this class of molecules.
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