Abstract
Protein structures and their complexes are formed and stabilized by interactions, both inside and outside of the protein. Analysis of such interactions helps in understanding different levels of structures (secondary, super-secondary, and oligomeric states). It can also assist molecular biologists in understanding structural consequences of modifying proteins and/or ligands. In this chapter, our definition of atom–atom and residue–residue contacts is described and applied to analysis of protein–protein interactions in dimeric β-sandwich proteins.
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Potapov, V., Edelman, M., Sobolev, V. (2012). Residue–Residue Contacts: Application to Analysis of Secondary Structure Interactions. In: Kister, A. (eds) Protein Supersecondary Structures. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 932. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-065-6_10
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