Elastomeric proteins: biological roles, structures and mechanisms

被引：153

作者：

Tatham, AS ^{[1
]}

Shewry, PR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Agr Sci, Long Ashton Res Stn, Inst Arable Crops Res, Bristol BS41 9AF, Avon, England

来源：

TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES | 2000年 / 25卷 / 11期

基金：

英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会;

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D O I：

10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01670-4

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Elastomeric proteins are able to withstand significant deformations without rupture before returning to their original state when the stress is removed. Although elastomeric proteins differ considerably in their amino acid sequence, they all have a complex domain structure and share two common properties. Namely, they contain elastomeric domains, comprised of repeated sequences, and additional domains that form intermolecular crosslinks. Furthermore, several protein contain beta -turns as a structural motif within the elastomeric domains.

引用

页码：567 / 571

页数：5

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