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 |
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|
Protein |
Reference |
Number of subunits |
crystallographic designation |
Schönflies notation |
|
234 |
2 |
2 |
С2 |
|
|
Immunoglobulin |
294 |
4 |
2 |
С2 |
|
s-Malate dehydrogenase |
233 |
2 |
2 |
С2 |
|
Superoxide dismutase |
286 |
2 |
2 |
C2 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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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