Open AccessStructure of proteins: packing of alpha-helices and pleated sheets.
Author(s) -
C. Chothia,
Michael Levitt,
David Richardson
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.74.10.4130
Subject(s) - beta sheet , protein secondary structure , protein structure , alpha helix , crystallography , alpha (finance) , chemistry , mathematics , biochemistry , construct validity , statistics , psychometrics
Simple models are presented that describe the rules for almost all the packing that occurs between and among alpha-helices and pleated sheets. These packing rules, together with the primary and secondary structures, are the major determinants of the three-dimensional structure of proteins.
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