Percent of the total residues in enzymes that occur in secondary structures such as α-helices and β-sheets

Range ~70 %
Organism Unspecified
Reference Tokuriki N, Stricher F, Serrano L, Tawfik DS. How protein stability and new functions trade off. PLoS Comput Biol. 2008 Feb 29 4(2):e1000002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000002. p.2 right column 5th paragraphPubMed ID18463696
Method "[Researchers] performed a comprehensive analysis of the type, location, and stability effects of mutations that have conferred new enzymatic functions in laboratory evolution experiments."
Comments "About 70% of the total residues in enzymes occur in secondary structures such as alpha-helices and beta-sheets. The remaining 30% are found in random coils. In contrast, about 50% of active site residues are located in random coils [43]."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109550