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Sequence divergence of coiled coils--structural rods, myosin filament packing, and the extraordinary conservation of cohesins.
Journal of structural biology - 1 May 2006
White Glenn E, Erickson Harold P
Abstract excerpt
The amino acid sequences of the long, anti-parallel coiled coils of the cohesin subunits SMC1 and SMC3 are almost totally conserved in mammals. To understand this exceptional conservation more broadly, we analyzed amino acid sequence variation for several groups of coiled-coil proteins. Some long coiled coils, including giantin, NuMA, and Ndc80p/Nuf2p diverge approximately 20% from humans to rodents, suggesting...
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