According to current textbooks, a well-defined three-dimensional structure is a prerequisite for the function of a protein. Is this correct?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-109

  Dyson, H Jane ^a   Wright, Peter E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENOME; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SHORT SURVEY;

PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 33646256176     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500484376     Document Type: Short Survey

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