TIM barrel
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tim-barrel-206-1094146
title:
TIM barrel
text:
The TIM barrel, also known as an alpha/beta barrel, is a conserved protein fold consisting of eight alpha helices (α-helices) and eight parallel beta strands (β-strands) that alternate along the peptide backbone. The structure is named after triose-phosphate isomerase, a conserved metabolic enzyme. TIM barrels are ubiquitous, with approximately 10% of all enzymes adopting this fold. Further, five of seven enzyme commission (EC) enzyme classes include TIM barrel proteins. The TIM barrel fold is e
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Protein fold
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM_barrel
date created:
2006-05-19T17:21:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:28:43Z
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13
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