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Shining a light on structural genomics

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Determining a 'basis set' of protein folds that represent a majority of protein structures — making use of synchrotron radiation facilities — may be possible in the near future.

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Figure 1: a, Each encircled region represents schematically one family of proteins with sequence similarities, and each member of the family has one of a relatively small number of biochemical functions associated with the family.

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Kim, SH. Shining a light on structural genomics. Nat Struct Mol Biol 5 (Suppl 8), 643–645 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/1334

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