Thanks Berta but Thats exactly what I am asking that what E and F refers to in naming the respective helices... why it was not any other set of alphabets....?
With best regards, Kris On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Berta Martins <berta.mart...@biologie.hu-berlin.de> wrote: > Dear Kris, > > E and F are the helices names. > Look at the book Introduction to Protein Structure from Branden & Tooze. > They have great pictures and a very good introduction to fold names. > > Kind regards, > Berta Martins > > > > On Jan 22, 2013, at 2:09 PM, K Singh wrote: > > Dear All, > While going through Ca2+ binding site, I came across helix-loop-helix > motif known as EF-motif, where E and F represents respective helices. > What I am not able to follow why it is known as "EF" or is it > something EF abbreviates for? > With best regards > Kris > >
