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. 1968 Jul;8(7):865–875. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(68)86525-7

The Use of Helical Net-Diagrams to Represent Protein Structures

P Dunnill
PMCID: PMC1367563  PMID: 5699810

Abstract

The arrangement of side chains in α-helical regions of protein can be represented by helical net-diagrams. The addition of quantitative indices of the character of the residue at each net-point facilitates a straightforward examination of the groupings of residues of different character. As such the method complements that of Schiffer and Edmundson (1967). In addition, the reasons for non-helicity in some regions may be seen to be correlated with particular side-chain distributions. The method is illustrated with respect to myoglobin and lysozyme.

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