SPECIFIC RECOGNITION IN THE TERTIARY STRUCTURE OF BETA-SHEETS OF PROTEINS
SPECIFIC RECOGNITION IN THE TERTIARY STRUCTURE OF BETA-SHEETS OF PROTEINS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(80)90052-2
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
SANDER, C
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作者:
LIFSON, S;SANDER, C
The frequency of occurrence of nearest neighbor residue pairs on adjacent antiparallel (.beta.A) and parallel (.beta.P) strands is obtained from 30 known protein structures. The specificity of interstrand recognition due to such pairing as a factor in the folding of .beta.-sheets is studied by statistical methods. Residues of sufficiently high count for statistical analysis are treated individually while the rest are combined into small groups of similar size, polarity, and/or genetic exchangeability. The hypothesis of specific recognition between individuals and small groups is contrasted with the alternative hypothesis of nonspecific recognition between broad classes (hydrophobic, neutral, polar) of residues. A .chi.2 test of pair correlations favors specific recognition against nonspecific recognition with a high level of confidence. The largest and most significant correlations are: Ser/Thr (1.9 .+-. 0.3), Ile/Val (1.7 .+-. 0.3) and Lys-Arg/Asp-Gln (1.8 .+-. 0.3) in .beta.A, and Ile/Leu (1.9 .+-. 0.4) in .beta.P. The pair Gly/Gly never occurs in any .beta.-sheet. The specific residue-pair correlations derived here may be useful in statistical prediction methods of protein tertiary structure.