Mesh term Tetratricopeptide Repeat
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Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
Description
A structural motif present in a variety of proteins that mediates protein-protein interactions and assembly of multiprotein complexes. It consists of 3 to 16 tandem repeats of 34 amino acids, mostly of small and large hydrophobic residues, that form ALPHA-HELIX pairs.Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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