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De novo design of a beta alpha beta motif.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 1 Jan 2009
Liang Huanhuan, Chen Hao, Fan Keqiang, Wei Ping, Guo Xianrong, Jin Changwen, Zeng Chen, Tang Chao, Lai Luhua
Abstract excerpt
A designer monomeric protein with a beta alpha beta fold--two parallel beta strands connected by an alpha helix (see structure)--was constructed solely from coded amino acids. The high thermal stability of the structure is due to a large extent to tryptophan-tryptophan interactions between the two beta strands.
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