... First, the only structures of natural TPRs in the PDB (13 TPR-containing coordi-nate sets) consist of nonglobular, extended arrays of helices [9,10,13–21]. Second, the majority of these(11 structures) ... Monomer of NlpI, showing the rolled-up array of helices with the C-terminus folding within the curvature of the N-terminus. Helix num-bers are in brackets. Note that ‘A’ helices locate to the globular ... compo-nent of the crystallization mother liquor, was found tofit the density envelope, making hydrogen bonds with carboxylate groups of Glu235 and Glu270, and with the back bone amide of Val269....