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. 1977 Apr 1;163(1):45–57. doi: 10.1042/bj1630045

Stereochemical considerations for constructing alpha-helical protein bundles with particular application to membrane proteins.

A K Dunker, D J Zaleske
PMCID: PMC1164662  PMID: 869919

Abstract

The stereochemical constraints originally used to construct two- and three-stranded alpha-helical coiled-coils were generalized for aggregates of alpha-helices containing from 4 to 14 alpha-helices in tubular bundles. Certain features of bacteriorhodopsin show excellent correlations with these stereochemical constraints.

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