title: Protein complexes: the evolution of symmetry.
abstract: Most proteins form symmetric, multimeric complexes. Modeling shows that a strong prevalence for symmetry among stable structures can account for this bias even in the absence of other adaptive advantages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Program in BioMolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. kwp@chem.ucsb.edu
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Plaxco
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D011506:Proteins