Generation of a consensus protein domain dictionary
Author(s) -
R. Dustin Schaeffer,
Amanda L. Jonsson,
Andrew M. Simms,
Valerie Daggett
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq625
Subject(s) - computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , globular protein , protein folding , protein domain , computational biology , set (abstract data type) , folding (dsp implementation) , protein structure prediction , function (biology) , protein structure , biology , programming language , mathematics , chemistry , crystallography , genetics , engineering , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , electrical engineering , gene
The discovery of new protein folds is a relatively rare occurrence even as the rate of protein structure determination increases. This rarity reinforces the concept of folds as reusable units of structure and function shared by diverse proteins. If the folding mechanism of proteins is largely determined by their topology, then the folding pathways of members of existing folds could encompass the full set used by globular protein domains.
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