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PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 329-332Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21619
Keywords
protein packing; number of contacts per residue; structural class; compactness
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We have demonstrated that, among proteins of the same size, alpha/beta proteins have on the average a greater number of contacts per residue due to their more compact (more spherical) structure, rather than due to tighter packing. We have examined the relationship between the average number of contacts Per residue and folding rates in globular proteins according to general protein structural class (all-a, all-beta, alpha/beta, alpha+beta). Our analysis demonstrates that alp proteins have both the greatest number of contacts and the slowest folding rates in comparison to proteins from the other structural classes. Because alpha/beta proteins are also known to be the oldest proteins, it can be suggested that proteins have evolved to pack more quickly and into looser structures.
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