Protein Conformation

The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).

Subtype terms (5)

More specific conditions that are subtypes of Protein Conformation in the MeSH hierarchy.

Protein Structural Elements
Protein Structure, Quaternary
Protein Structure, Secondary
Protein Structure, Tertiary
Structural Homology, Protein