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SUBMITTER: Forrest LR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500171 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annual review of biophysics 20150101
Symmetry is a common feature among natural systems, including protein structures. A strong propensity toward symmetric architectures has long been recognized for water-soluble proteins, and this propensity has been rationalized from an evolutionary standpoint. Proteins residing in cellular membranes, however, have traditionally been less amenable to structural studies, and thus the prevalence and significance of symmetry in this important class of molecules is not as well understood. In the past ...[more]