A natural grouping of motifs with an aspartate or asparagine residue forming two hydrogen bonds to residues ahead in sequence: Their occurrence at α-helical N termini and in other situations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1633-1649

  Wan, Wai Yan ^a   Milner White, E James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asx; Hydrogen bond; N cap; helix; turn

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CARBOXYL GROUP; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROLASE; LIPOCALIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; BETA CHAIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033548459     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2552     Document Type: Article

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