Ternary basic idea

A mechanism for explaining how oligomeric and polymeric forms of a protein or polypeptide can arise by three-dimensional swapping of internal domains in monomers. The basic idea is that a protein s ternary structure is stabilized by the contacts between its domains, and under certain circumstances, the domains of several polypeptide chains may bind in a way that gives rise to nonphysiologic oligomers, polymers, and aggregates. 

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