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Protein Conformation MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Protein Conformation
Tree Number(s)
G02.111.570.820.709
Unique ID
D011487
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011487
Annotation
IM general; coord NIM with specific protein; peptide conformation = PEPTIDES or specific peptide (IM) + PROTEIN CONFORMATION (NIM); index protein architecture here or under its specifics
Scope Note
The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).
NLM Classification #
QU 55.9
Previous Indexing
Proteins (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note
72
History Note
72
Date Established
1972/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/23
Protein Conformation Preferred
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