Beta propellers: structural rigidity and functional diversity.

Abstract:

:Recently solved structures and proposed models have helped to reveal the structural characteristics of the beta-propeller fold, as well as the features that contribute to its high rigidity and stability. Possible strategies for identifying beta-propeller proteins in newly characterised sequences are helping to overcome the problems of predicting the beta-propeller fold from amino acid sequences.

journal_name

Curr Opin Struct Biol

authors

Fülöp V,Jones DT

doi

10.1016/s0959-440x(99)00035-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

715-21

issue

6

eissn

0959-440X

issn

1879-033X

pii

S0959-440X(99)00035-4

journal_volume

9

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