Structural biology - Proteins flex to function

被引:56
作者
Huang, YPJ [1 ]
Montelione, GT
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Ctr Adv Biotechnol & Med, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
[2] Univ Med & Dent New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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D O I
10.1038/438036a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Static pictures of protein structures are so prevalent that it is easy to forget they are dynamic molecular machines. Characterizing their intrinsic motions may be necessary to understand how they work.
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页码:36 / 37
页数:2
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