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coiled coil: a standalone construct

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Structural biology

two or more helices wound around each other with side chains of one packing into gaps of the next.

In structural biology, coiled coil refers to two or more helices wound around each other with side chains of one packing into gaps of the next. This meaning comes from Crick (1953) in Acta Crystallographica.[1]

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References

Crick, F. H. C. (1953). The packing of α-helices: simple coiled-coils. Acta Crystallographica, 6(8), 689-697. https://doi.org/10.1107/s0365110x53001964

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