FRACTAL STUDY OF TERTIARY STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS - COMMENT

Authors
YI X
Citation
X. Yi, FRACTAL STUDY OF TERTIARY STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS - COMMENT, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 49(6), 1994, pp. 5903-5905
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
49
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
5903 - 5905
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)49:6<5903:FSOTSO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
It is shown that the mean fractal dimension of the global structure of 90 proteins is greater than that of an unrestricted random walk. Some modifications on the method of calculating the length of the backbone of a protein chain and a possible connection of the mean fractal dime nsions of the local structures with the secondary structures of protei ns are discussed.