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steric zipper: a standalone construct

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Structural biology

the tightly interdigitated, dry interface between paired beta sheets that forms the spine of amyloid fibrils.

In structural biology, steric zipper refers to the tightly interdigitated, dry interface between paired beta sheets that forms the spine of amyloid fibrils. This meaning comes from Sawaya (2007) in Nature.[1]

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beta3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs interface2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Sawaya, M. R., Sambashivan, S., Nelson, R., Ivanova, M. I., Sievers, S. A., Apostol, M. I., Thompson, M. J., Balbirnie, M., Wiltzius, J. J. W., McFarlane, H. T., Madsen, A. Ø., Riekel, C., & Eisenberg, D. (2007). Atomic structures of amyloid cross-β spines reveal varied steric zippers. Nature, 447(7143), 453-457. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05695

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