Abstract
Given the recent successes in determining membrane-protein structures, we explore the tractability of determining representatives for the entire human membrane proteome. This proteome contains 2,925 unique integral α-helical transmembrane-domain sequences that cluster into 1,201 families sharing more than 25% sequence identity. Structures of 100 optimally selected targets would increase the fraction of modelable human α-helical transmembrane domains from 26% to 58%, providing structure and function information not otherwise available.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-138 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nature Structural and Molecular Biology |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2013 |