I-sites
English
Noun
I-sites pl (normally plural, singular I-site)
- (biochemistry) A protein folding initiation site motif consisting of an amino acid sequence pattern and a local structure type.
Usage notes
- The singular is rare and often only used attributively.
References
- Bystroff, Christopher; Baker, David (1998). "Prediction of local structure in proteins using a library of sequence-structure motifs". Journal of Molecular Biology. 281 (3): 565–77. pmid:9698570. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.1943.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120328040522/http://www.bioinfo.rpi.edu/bystrc/Isites2/
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