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Heh, yes I'm fairly familiar with knotted proteins, and Willie Taylor's work on them. Strictly speaking most of them are not mathematical knots either, since t
by gilleain 5y ago
Heh, yes I'm fairly familiar with knotted proteins, and Willie Taylor's work on them.
Strictly speaking most of them are not mathematical knots either, since the ends are not connected. Some have salt bridges, I seem to recall.
- dekhn 5y agoknots in the real world (actual, real knots) don't have tied-together ends either. That's not what a knot is. The study of topology in math works on abstract math-knots. Generally, any non-covalent bonds aren't considered to be topological connections in proteins, although salt bridges can definitely ahve bond energies not far from covalent bonds.