PMID: 8939694Oct 1, 1996Paper

Threading your way to protein function

Chemistry & Biology
S M FirestineS J Benkovic

Abstract

It is still very difficult to determine the function of a protein from its sequence. One potential solution to the problem combines the concept of enzyme superfamilies with modern methods of protein structure prediction. Active-site templates can be used as search tools to identify new members of the superfamilies.

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Oct 7, 1998·Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society·T C TerwilligerJ Berendzen
Jun 19, 2002·Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society·Gustavo GlowackiFriedrich Koch-Nolte
Dec 6, 2000·Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society·P A Reche
Oct 18, 2011·FEBS Letters·Eduardo Martínez-NavesPedro A Reche

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