| Literature DB >> 8622938 |
S Govindarajan1, R A Goldstein.
Abstract
Many biological proteins are observed to fold into one of a limited number of structural motifs. By considering the requirements imposed on proteins by their need to fold rapidly, and the ease with which such requirements can be fulfilled as a function of the native structure, we can explain why certain structures are repeatedly observed among proteins with negligible sequence similarity. This work has implications for the understanding of protein sequence structure relationships as well as protein evolution.Mesh:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8622938 PMCID: PMC39609 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3341
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205