I, too, am a little unsure of the question
here...do you mean symmetry within the individual
monomer that helps make a symmetrical multimer, or the
symmetry of the multimer itself? (I think it's the
latter, but I'm new at this stuff!) I am still working
on my project (don't give up on me, it may show up after
the class ends!), which concerns the protein coat
structures of simple viruses...helical rod shapes and
spherical, icosahedral shapes (hexamer/pentamer)...will
that be of use...I'll try to get more work done, and
sooner!
Gail (Schuman)
schuman@bnlstb.bio.bnl.gov