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From: Anurag Sethi (anurag.sethi_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 15 2011 - 21:57:44 CST

The maximum length of a disordered peptide is called the contour length. It
is often taken to be 3.8 Angstroms * number of amino acids.

Anurag

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 19:58, Aaron Oakley <aarono_at_uow.edu.au> wrote:

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> Thanks for responses so far.
>
> Just to clarify, we are working on a protein with a flexible
> region at the C-terminus. Part of the function involves that
> region "reaching out" to interact with another protein.
> I would like to know the maximum extent of this reach in
> order to set up a periodic box of water molecules with enough room.
>
> Clearly, the maximum reach will be influenced by how much tension is in
> the peptide, but I would assume an energy minimised conformation at maximum
> extent.
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> a++
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