Principles of Protein Structure - G. Schulz 1982

Methods of folding and association of polypeptide chains
Aggregates of globular proteins
Methods of folding and association of polypeptide chains

Class="center">Table 5.4 Symmetry of globular protein aggregatesa




Point symmetry

Protein

Reference

Number of subunits

crystallographic designation

Schönflies notation

Alcohol dehydrogenase

234

2

2

С2

Immunoglobulin

294

4

2

С2

s-Malate dehydrogenase

233

2

2

С2

Superoxide dismutase

286

2

2

C2

Triosephosphate isomerase

305

2

2

С2

Phosphorylase

236

2

2

С2

Alkaline phosphatase

317

2

2

С2

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

318

2

2

С2

Wheat germ agglutinin

316

2

2

С2

Glucosephosphate isomerase

313

2

2

С2

Tyr-tRNA synthetase

221

2

2

С2

Glutathione reductase

124

2

2

С2

Aldolase

306

3

3

C3

Bacteriochlorophyll protein

303

3

3

C3

Glucagon

278

(3)

3

C3

TMV, protein disk

218

17

17

С17

Concanavalin A

281, 282

4

222

D2

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

230, 231

4

222

D2

Lactate dehydrogenase

232

4

222

D2

Proalbumin

206

4

222

D2

Pyruvate kinase

80

4

222

D2

Phosphoglycerate mutase

307

4

222

D2

Human Hemoglobin

274

2+2

Pseudo-222

Pseudo-D2

Insulin

259

6

32

D3

Aspartate transcarbamylase

319

6+6

32

D3

Hemerythrin

217

8

422

D4

Apoferritin

320

24

432

O

Tomato bushy stunt virus coat protein

263

180

532

Y

a In many cases, upon aggregation, either a new Structure is formed [259] or the existing structure is maintained [206, 281, 282].



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