Knotted protein

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Knotted proteins are proteins whose backbones entangle themselves in a knot. One can imagine pulling a protein chain from both termini, as though pulling a string from both ends. When a knotted protein is "pulled" from both termini, it does not get disentangled. Knotted proteins are very rare, making up only about one percent of the proteins in the Protein Data Bank, and their folding mechanisms and function are not well understood. Although there are experimental and theoretical studies that hint to some answers, systematic answers to these questions have not yet been found.

Knotted protein - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proteins with backbone entangled in a knot The rotating view of a smoothed chain of a knotted protein (PDB ID: 1xd3) Knotted proteins are proteins whose backbones entangle themselves in a knot . One can imagine pulling a protein chain from both termini, as though pulling a string from both ends. When a knotted protein is "pulled" from both termini, it does not get disentangled. Knotted proteins are very rare, making up only about one percent of the proteins in the Protein Data Bank , and their folding mechanisms

Knotted protein

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