Biochemistry
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Author: Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
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Chapter 16, Problem 9P
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Number of residues of a coiled-coil structure are needed to span
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Myosin is the major compound of muscle thick filaments which consists of six polypeptides. These six peptides include two heavy chains and two pair of light chains. Heavy chains have a globular terminal myosin head which is joined to a helical carboxy-terminal segments which are known as the tails. The tails are tangled to form left handed coiled coil which has a diameter about
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