A new 20-residue peptide represents the smallest example to date of cooperatively folded tertiary structure. This achievement provides a new tool for elucidating protein conformational preferences. The mini-protein should serve as a fruitful platform for protein design.
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Gellman, S., Woolfson, D. Mini-proteins Trp the light fantastic. Nat Struct Mol Biol 9, 408–410 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0602-408
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