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CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 195-206Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1389203033487207
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It was predicted that the folding space for various protein sequences is restricted and a maximum of 1000 protein folds could be expected. Although, there were about 648 folds identified, general functional features of individual folds is not thoroughly studied. We selected OB-fold, which is supposed to be an oligonuelcotide and oligosaccharide binding fold to study the general functional features. OB-fold is a small beta-barrel fold formed from 5 strands connected by modulating loops. We observed consistently 2 or 3 loops on the same face of barrel acting as clamps to bind to their ligands. Depending on the ligand, which could be a single or double stranded DNA/RNA or an oligosaccharide, and their conformational properties the loops change in length and sequence to accommodate various ligands. Different classes of OB-folded proteins were analyzed and found that the functional features are retained in spite of negligible sequence homology among various proteins studied.
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