De novo design of a beta alpha beta motif.
A designer monomeric protein with a beta alpha beta fold--two parallel beta strands connected by an alpha helix (see structure)--was constructed solely from coded amino acids. The high thermal stability of the structure is due to a large extent to tryptophan-tryptophan interactions between the two beta strands.
Liang
Huanhuan
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College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Chen
Hao
H
Fan
Keqiang
K
Wei
Ping
P
Guo
Xianrong
X
Jin
Changwen
C
Zeng
Chen
C
Tang
Chao
C
Lai
Luhua
L
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
D011506:Proteins