Secondary structures without backbone: an analysis of backbone mimicry by polar side chains in protein structures
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Secondary structures without backbone: an analysis of backbone mimicry by polar side chains in protein structures.
Backbone mimicry by the formation of closed-loop C7, C10 and C13 (mimics of gamma-, beta- and alpha-turns) conformations through side chain-main chain hydrogen bonds by polar groups is a frequent observation in protein structures. A data set of 250 non-homologous and high-resolution protein crystal structures was used to analyze these conformations for their characteristic features. Seven out o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1741-0134,1741-0126
DOI: 10.1093/protein/12.6.447