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Atomic Coordinates and Structure Factors for Two Helical Configurations of Polypeptide Chains

Year: 1951

Type: article

Abstract: During recent years we have been gathering information about interatomic distances, bond angles, and other properties of simple substances related to proteins, and have been attempting to formulate configurations of the polypeptide chain that are compatible with this information and that might constitute a structural feature of proteins. We have reported the discovery of two helical configurations that satisfy these conditions. (1,2) In the following paragraphs we discuss the atomic positions for these configurations, and their form factors for diffraction of x-rays in the equatorial direction.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.37.5.235

Authors: Linus Pauling, Robert B. Corey

Institution: California Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Protein Structure and Dynamics

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2092598726

FWCI: 8.008

Cites: 2

Cited by: 426

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