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Knotoids and protein structure

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Abstract

Many proteins form open knots. To study and classify proteins in terms of their topology, the protein chain needs to be artificially closed in order to analyze it as a knot. The theory of knotoids provides a workaround to this approach that gives a more refined overview of the topology of knotted proteins. In this review we explain how to analyze open protein chains using the theory of knotoids.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)185-199
Number of pages15
JournalContemporary Mathematics
Volume746
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Invariants
  • Knot theory
  • Knotoids
  • Protein folding
  • Protein structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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