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. 1982 Aug 1;205(2):353–359. doi: 10.1042/bj2050353

A computergraphical method of describing the shapes of subunit interfaces of oligomers. Analysis of the quaternary structure of concanavalin A and of prealbumin.

E J Milner-White
PMCID: PMC1158488  PMID: 7138508

Abstract

A new method is described for mapping the shape of the intersubunit contacts of oligomers with identical subunits or pairs of subunits. Plots are generated for the dimer--dimer interactions of concanavalin A and prealbumin, which are both tetramers. Both contacts lie at the junction between the faces of two apposed beta-sheets, but in most other respects the interactions are seen to be different.

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