Protein Conformation

"Protein Conformation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).

Descriptor ID	D011487
MeSH Number(s)	G02.111.570.820.709
Concept/Terms	Protein Conformation Protein Conformation Conformation, Protein Conformations, Protein Protein Conformations

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Protein Conformation".

Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
Molecular Conformation [G02.111.570.820]
Protein Conformation [G02.111.570.820.709]

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