Elementary plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2+1)

The random coil

 

• Regions of proteins that are not identifiably organized as helices or pleated sheets are said to be present in random coil.conformation.
• Considerable portion of the protein may be present in this.
• The term 'random' is unfortunate which imply less biological significance than more highly repeating regions.
• But in terms of biological function, the regions of random coil are of equal importance to those of helix and pleated sheet.