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<Structure load='2mhr' size='500' frame='true' align='right' caption='' scene='Turns_in_Proteins/Hemery/4' /> | <Structure load='2mhr' size='500' frame='true' align='right' caption='' scene='Turns_in_Proteins/Hemery/4' />__NOTOC__ | ||
Turns are classified as a type of secondary structure, but unlike helices and sheets which have ordered, repetitive structures, turns only have ordered structures, but like helices and sheets they can be classified by the values of the torsional angles of the C<sub>α</sub>'s. This article describes β-turns and γ-turns and illustrates their ordered structures. | Turns are classified as a type of secondary structure, but unlike helices and sheets which have ordered, repetitive structures, turns only have ordered structures, but like helices and sheets they can be classified by the values of the torsional angles of the C<sub>α</sub>'s. This article describes β-turns and γ-turns and illustrates their ordered structures. | ||
== Beta Turns == | == Beta Turns == | ||
All β-turns contain four residues and are divided into classes based on the range of their [[Psi and Phi Angles|phi and psi]] values for the second and third residues.<ref name=beta>[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/cgi-bin/pdbsum/GetPage.pl?doc=TRUE&pdbcode=n/a&template=doc_p_bturns.html Characteristics of β-turn classes]</ref> Most classes have a hydrogen bond between the backbond atoms of residues one(''i'') and four (''i + 3''), and this attraction is the major force maintaining the conformation of the bend in the chain, but in several classes a Pro in the third position ''i + 2'') has the cis configuration which produces a conformation which can not form a hydrogen bond (hbonds). | All β-turns contain four residues and are divided into classes based on the range of their [[Psi and Phi Angles|phi and psi]] values for the second and third residues.<ref name=beta>[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/cgi-bin/pdbsum/GetPage.pl?doc=TRUE&pdbcode=n/a&template=doc_p_bturns.html Characteristics of β-turn classes]</ref> Most classes have a hydrogen bond between the backbond atoms of residues one(''i'') and four (''i + 3''), and this attraction is the major force maintaining the conformation of the bend in the chain, but in several classes a Pro in the third position (''i + 2'') has the cis configuration which produces a conformation which can not form a hydrogen bond (hbonds). | ||
Seven β-turns are shown as blue traces in myohemerytherin in the scene to the right (<scene name='Turns_in_Proteins/Hemery1/1'>Initial scene</scene>). There are only five blue segments because, in two cases, one β-turn follows another one. Only five of the turns contain hydrogen bonds shown in magenta. As explained in [[Calculate structure]] the '''calculate structure | Seven β-turns are shown as blue traces in myohemerytherin in the scene to the right (<scene name='Turns_in_Proteins/Hemery1/1'>Initial scene</scene>). There are only five blue segments because, in two cases, one β-turn follows another one. Only five of the turns contain hydrogen bonds shown in magenta. As explained in [[Calculate structure]], the '''calculate structure''' command does not detect beta turns which have a Pro in the cis configuration and lack a hbond. Since the command has this limitation, the initial scene was produced by manually selecting and coloring the turns and forming the hbonds. <scene name='Turns_in_Proteins/Calculate_structure/2'>Show</scene> the results of the '''calculate structure''' command. | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>For reasons explained in the Introduction of [[Calculate structure]], the command to form hbonds of secondary structures was not included in the construction of the above scene, but they can be displayed in any scene by doing the following: click on the Jmol frank, in the main menu click on Console, in the bottom box of the console enter the command: <span style='background-color:yellow;'>calculate hbonds structure</span> and then click Run. | ||
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<blockquote>Also, if any Proteopedia scene shows the secondary structure and it does not show the beta turns highlighted in blue, the beta turns can be shown in blue by following the above procedure but enter <span style='background-color:yellow;'>select protein; calculate structure; cartoon; color structure</span> into the bottom box of the console. | |||
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