Biopolym. Cell. 1990; 6(3):15-24.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000266
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
The role of dense local packing of hydrophobic groups in β-structural proteins
1Vtyurin N. N.
  1. Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
    Moscow, USSR

Abstract

The study demonstrates that the tendency of hydrophobic groups to the dense local packing on the surface of β-structural sheets is probably the main reason for the twist of β-structural sheets. To the author's opinion, this fact makes it possible to interpret in a new fashion the architecture of almost all β-structure-containing domains. The majority of β-structure-containing domains are shown to fall into several clearly-outlined groups with the architectural properties depending on the number and mutual disposition along the chain of the elements of secondary structure (β-strands and α-helixes) forming the domain.
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