Lipocone superfamily structures (IMAGE)

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Lipocone superfamily structures

Caption

The four helices conserved across the Lipocone superfamily constitute a cone-like structure, with the helices tending to coalesce on one end and open out into a pocket on the other, lined by the conserved sequence positions.

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Burroughs, Nicastro and L. Aravind (CC BY 4.0)

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