Average length of independently folding domains in protein

Range 50-90 amino acids
Organism Generic
Reference Zhang G, Hubalewska M, Ignatova Z. Transient ribosomal attenuation coordinates protein synthesis and co-translational folding. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009 Mar16(3):274-80.PubMed ID19198590
Primary Source Hubbard SJ, Argos P.A functional role for protein cavities in domain: domain motions.J Mol Biol. 1996 Aug 16 261(2):289-300.PubMed ID8757295
Comments Note: domain length of 100 to 300 amino acids in eukaryotes given in Chaudhuri et al., 2009 PMID 19027782 p. 43 left column bottom paragraph
Entered by Uri M
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