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Protein structure: geometry, topology and classification

2001; IOP Publishing; Volume: 64; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0034-4885/64/4/203

1361-6633

William R. Taylor, Alex C.W. May, Nigel P. Brown, András Aszódi,

Computational Drug Discovery Methods

The structural principals of proteins are reviewed and analysed from a geometric perspective with a view to revealing the underlying regularities in their construction. Computer methods for the automatic comparison and classification of these structures are then reviewed with an analysis of the statistical significance of comparing different shapes. Following an analysis of the current state of the classification of proteins, more abstract geometric and topological representations are explored, including the occurrence of knotted topologies. The review concludes with a consideration of the origin of higher-level symmetries in protein structure.