Publication Date:
1998-07-10
Description:
A 20-residue protein (named Betanova) forming a monomeric, three-stranded, antiparallel beta sheet was designed using a structural backbone template and an iterative hierarchical approach. Structural and physicochemical characterization show that the beta-sheet conformation is stabilized by specific tertiary interactions and that the protein exhibits a cooperative two-state folding-unfolding transition, which is a hallmark of natural proteins. The Betanova molecule constitutes a tractable model system to aid in the understanding of beta-sheet formation, including beta-sheet aggregation and amyloid fibril formation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kortemme, T -- Ramirez-Alvarado, M -- Serrano, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 10;281(5374):253-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657719" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Circular Dichroism
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Computer Simulation
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Denaturation
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*Protein Engineering
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Protein Folding
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*Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Proteins/*chemical synthesis/*chemistry
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Solubility
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Thermodynamics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
