结构域是蛋白质亚基结构中的紧密球状区域.结构域作为蛋白质结构中介于二级与三级结构之间的又一结构层次,在蛋白质中起着独立的结构单位、功能单位与折叠单位的作用.在复杂蛋白质中,结构域具有结构与功能组件与遗传单位的作用.结构域层次的研究将会促进蛋白质结构与功能关系、蛋白质折叠机制以及蛋白质设计的研究.
A protein with long polypeptide chain always folds into more than one distinct, compact globular regions that have been designated as domains. Being one of the structural hierarchy, domain is a structural level situating in between secondary and tertiary structure. It is a basic unit to compose three-dimensional structure of protein, to execute the biological function as well as to fold a functional protein. As structural modules, domains may have advantage to compose complex proteins during the process of protein evolution by insertion, deletion and excising. Studies on the structure and interaction of domains can throw light on the study of the relationship between protein structure and function and the design of novel proteins.
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