Re: Primary, Secondary....

Pedro Mendes (prm@aber.ac.uk)
Fri, 27 Jan 1995 12:54:44 +0000

moreaut@univ-tours.fr writes:

> as to the quaternary structure, I would suggest:
> the symetrical arrangement of subnits in a protein

should we have to be so restrictive as to include the word "symetrical" in
this definition. Are arrangements of subunits always symetrical? (I know
this is what the Monod-Wyman-Changeaux model of allosteric transitions
states, but...)

Maybe someone else can answer this question: "Are arrangements of subunits
always symetrical?"

Pedro Mendes Institute Biological Sciences
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