d'--d--d'垂直の三角形は,反並列の巻き巻きのダイマーモチーフの a'--a--a'垂直の三角形よりも差別性が低い

Jay D Steinkruger1, Gail J Bartlett, Erik B Hadley

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

まとめ

タンパク質の構造と折り畳みは,複雑なアミノ酸の相互作用に依存しています. この研究は,垂直トライアードが反並列のコイルドコイルでペアリングの好みに影響する一方で,d'd'd'トライアードがa'a'トライアードよりも影響が少ないことを明らかにし,より高いレベルの相互作用分析の必要性を強調しています.

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