Curr Biol. 2009 Jan 13;19(1):R25-6.

Protein complexes: the evolution of symmetry.

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Program in BioMolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. kwp@chem.ucsb.edu

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Most proteins form symmetric, multimeric complexes. Modeling shows that a strong prevalence for symmetry among stable structures can account for this bias even in the absence of other adaptive advantages.

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