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Abstract
A novel protein super-secondary structure which is referred to as an alpha alpha-corner is considered. The alpha alpha-corner is formed by two consecutive alpha-helices packed approximately crosswise and connected by two or more peptide units. It is shown that the amino acid sequences coding for the alpha alpha-corners have a strictly definite order of hydrophobic, hydrophilic and glycine residues. A hypothesis is suggested that the alpha alpha-corner can be an embryo of protein folding.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6692923 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(84)80039-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124