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- noun biochemistry A sequence of several
proline residues in apolypeptide orprotein ; tends to generate an anomalousleft-handed helix conformation
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Here we examine the role of the SH3 domain of postsynaptic density 95 (PSD95) by using mice that carry a single amino-acid substitution in the polyproline-binding site.
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Inexplicably broad distributions also have been observed in smFRET measurements on polyproline helices
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