Repeat protein architectures predicted by a continuum representation of fold space.

Journal article

It is an open question whether nature has utilized all possible protein folds. For a simple protein architecture, the helical repeats, we report a method to address this question based on a mapping between the set of repetitive curves and a space of parameters specifying the curve. The exploration of the parameter space for a particular architecture enables a systematic exploration of the fold space for that protein architecture. In a planar subspace of the parameter space of helical repeats we have identified points corresponding to both naturally occurring folds and potential folds not observed so far.

Authors: Hausrath, A; Goriely, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 753-760
• Publication date: 2006-04-01
• DOI: 10.1110/ps.051971106
• EISSN: 1469-896X
• ISSN: 0961-8368
• Language: English
• Keywords: Algorithms; Databases, Protein; Protein Conformation; Protein Folding; Computer Graphics; Models, Molecular