title: The tetratricopeptide repeat: a structural motif mediating protein-protein interactions.
abstract: The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motif is a protein-protein interaction module found in multiple copies in a number of functionally different proteins that facilitates specific interactions with a partner protein(s). Three-dimensional structural data have shown that a TPR motif contains two antiparallel alpha-helices such that tandem arrays of TPR motifs generate a right-handed helical structure with an amphipathic channel that might accommodate the complementary region of a target protein. Most TPR-containing proteins are associated with multiprotein complexes, and there is extensive evidence indicating that TPR motifs are important to the functioning of chaperone, cell-cycle, transcription, and protein transport complexes. The TPR motif may represent an ancient protein-protein interaction module that has been recruited by different proteins and adapted for specific functions. BioEssays 1999;21:932-939.
authors.affiliation: Protein-Structure-Function Research Programme, Department of Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Blatch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lässle
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins