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Protein Structure, Tertiary

"Protein Structure, Tertiary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The level of protein structure in which combinations of secondary protein structures (ALPHA HELICES; BETA SHEETS; loop regions, and AMINO ACID MOTIFS) pack together to form folded shapes. Disulfide bridges between cysteines in two different parts of the polypeptide chain along with other interactions between the chains play a role in the formation and stabilization of tertiary structure.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Protein Structure, Tertiary" by people in this website by year, and whether "Protein Structure, Tertiary" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 247 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 28 publications in 2004
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