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  • adjective Not helical.

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non- +‎ helical

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  • In the process, the Cys domain turns nearly halfway around, the catalytic cysteine moves 34 Å closer to SUMO, six of E1's α-helices become disordered or melt into nonhelical "loops," and half of the residues in the adenylation active site are replaced.

    Engineering News: Latest News 2010

  • In the process, the Cys domain turns nearly halfway around, the catalytic cysteine moves 34 Å closer to SUMO, six of E1's α-helices become disordered or melt into nonhelical "loops," and half of the residues in the adenylation active site are replaced.

    Engineering News: Latest News 2010

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