Knobs into holes packing
Knobs into holes packing is a protein folding motif that occurs mainly in alpha helix or coiled coil domains. One such example is fibrinogen fibril formation.
This motif occurs in coiled coil motifs to maintain and reach a 20 degree "left hand crossing angle that is characteristic of coiled coils". This motif looks much like two springs slammed together. (See also Helix bundle)
Further reading
Sources
- Embase Eilers M., Patel A.B., Liu W. and Smith S.O. (2002). "Comparison of helix interactions in membrane and soluble alpha-bundle proteins." Biophysical Journal. 82(5) (pp 2720–2736).
Biochemistry. 2009 Sep 15;48(36):8656-63. Impaired protofibril formation in fibrinogen gamma N308K is due to altered D:D and "A:a" interactions. Bowley SR, Okumura N, Lord ST. Source
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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