A common pentapeptide conformation occurs in viral acid proteases and other proteins

We found a pentapeptide conformation, termed a type I twist, which has a strikingly high propensity (56%) for aspartic acid in the first position. Type I twists include the active site loops from cellular and viral aspartic proteases, with the catalytic Asp in the first position. Fifteen other type...

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