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Leucine zipper domains are a special type of coiled coils found in transcription regulatory proteins which contain two anti parallel α-helices held together by hydrophobic interactions of leucine residues.(a) True(b) FalseI got this question in homework.My doubt is from Coiled Coil Prediction in division Secondary Structure Prediction of Bioinformatics |
Answer» RIGHT option is (a) True To explain: The heptad repeat pattern is L-X(6)-L-X(6)-L–X(6)-L. This repeat pattern alone can sometimes allow the domain detection, albeit with high rates of false positives. The REASON for the high false-positive rates is that the CONDITION of the sequence region being a coiled coil CONFORMATION is not satisfied. To address this problem, algorithms have been developed that take into account both leucine repeats and coiled coil conformation to give accurate prediction. |
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