Functional insights from the distribution and role of homopeptide repeat-containing proteins

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Figure 8.
Figure 8.

General role of repeats regions. It is suggested that RCPs (red) function from within large mutiprotein and/or nucleic acid complexes (green circle). An example is shown where a two-domain protein (pink circles) functions via a flexible repeat to recruit an additional binding partner (blue circle).

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  1. Genome Res. 15: 537-551

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