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... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structural Elements > Amino Acid Motifs > Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Molecular Conformation > Protein Conformation > Protein Structure, Secondary > Amino Acid Motifs > Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs

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Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Helix Loop Helix Domain
  • Helix-Loop-Helix Domain
  • Helix Loop Helix Domains
  • Helix-Loop-Helix Domains
  • Helix Loop Helix Motif
  • Helix-Loop-Helix Motif
  • HLH Motif
  • HLH Motifs
  • Motif, HLH
  • Motifs, Helix Loop Helix
  • Motifs, Helix-Loop-Helix
  • Motifs, HLH

Note

  • do not confuse with HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS

Scope note

  • Recurring supersecondary structures characterized by 20 amino acids folding into two alpha helices connected by a non-helical "loop" segment. They are found in many sequence-specific DNA-BINDING PROTEINS and in CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS.

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