title: Proteins do not have strong spines after all.
abstract: In this issue of Structure, Berkholz et al. show that the detailed backbone geometry of proteins depends on the local conformation and suggest how this information can be practically used in modeling and refining protein structures.
authors.affiliation: Synchrotron Radiation Research Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dauter
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wlodawer
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins