α-Helical Coiled Coils: More Facts and Better Predictions

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 263; no. 5146; pp. 488 - 489
• Main Authors: Cohen, Carolyn, David A. D. Parry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 28.01.1994; American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Amino acid sequence; Amino acid sequencing; Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Biological and medical sciences; Crystal structure; Crystallography, X-Ray; DNA-Binding Proteins; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal Proteins - chemistry; General aspects, investigation methods; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; Hemagglutinins, Viral - chemistry; Innovations; Leucine Zippers; Models, Molecular; Perspectives; Protein Kinases - chemistry; Protein research; Protein Structure, Secondary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Proteins; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Spectrin - chemistry; X-ray crystallography; Proteins; Coiled structure; Prediction; Critical study; Helical structure; Review; Secondary structure; Spatial structure; Aminoacid sequence; Structural analysis
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.8290957

New developments have expanded the field of coiled coil prediction in protein structures. Coiled coils were found to exist in a wide range of proteins, new protein sequences became available and X-ray crystallographic data provided inferences about coiled coil structure.