Engineering domain-swapped binding interfaces by mutually exclusive folding.
Ha, J.H., Karchin, J.M., Walker-Kopp, N., Huang, L.S., Berry, E.A., Loh, S.N.(2012) J Mol Biol 416: 495-502
- PubMed: 22245575 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.12.050
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3Q3F - PubMed Abstract: 
Domain swapping is a mechanism for forming protein dimers and oligomers with high specificity. It is distinct from other forms of oligomerization in that the binding interface is formed by reciprocal exchange of polypeptide segments. Swapping plays a physiological role in protein-protein recognition, and it can also potentially be exploited as a mechanism for controlled self-assembly ...