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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2016

Coiled-coils: The long and short of it.

Linda Truebestein, Thomas A Leonard

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Linda TruebesteinDepartment of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.
Thomas A LeonardDepartment of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coiled-coils are found in proteins throughout all three kingdoms of life. Coiled-coil domains of some proteins are almost invariant in sequence and length, betraying a structural and functional role for amino acids along the entire length of the coiled-coil. Other coiled-coils are divergent in sequence, but conserved in length, thereby functioning as molecular spacers. In this capacity, coiled-coil proteins influence the architecture of organelles such as centrioles and the Golgi, as well as permit the tethering of transport vesicles. Specialized coiled-coils, such as those found in motor proteins, are capable of propagating conformational changes along their length that regulate cargo binding and motor processivity. Coiled-coil domains have also been identified in enzymes, where they function as molecular rulers, positioning catalytic activities at fixed distances. Finally, while coiled-coils have been extensively discussed for their potential to nucleate and scaffold large macromolecular complexes, structural evidence to substantiate this claim is relatively scarce.

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Protein ConformationAnimalsBacteriaEukaryotaHumansProteinsProteinsallosterycoiled-coilmolecular rulermolecular spacerscaffold

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PMID27492088
PMCPMC5082667

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