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SUBMITTER: Flower DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2142497 | biostudies-other | 1993 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Flower D R DR North A C AC Attwood T K TK
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 19930501 5
The lipocalins and fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are two recently identified protein families that both function by binding small hydrophobic molecules. We have sought to clarify relationships within and between these two groups through an analysis of both structure and sequence. Within a similar overall folding pattern, we find large parts of the lipocalin and FABP structures to be quantitatively equivalent. The three largest structurally conserved regions within the lipocalin common core ...[more]