Structural features of protein folding nuclei
Authors:
- S.O. GarbuzynskiySGS.O. Garbuzynskiy
- M.S. KondratovaMKM.S. Kondratova
- 5 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 582 (5) , 768-772
Abstract
A crucial event of protein folding is the formation of a folding nucleus. We demonstrate the presence of a considerable coincidence between the location of folding nuclei and the location of so‐called “root structural motifs”, which have unique overall folds and handedness. In the case of proteins with a single root structural motif, the involvement in the formation of a folding nucleus is in average significantly higher for amino acids residues that are in root structural motifs, compared to residues in other parts of the protein. The tests carried out revealed that the observed difference is statistically reliable. Thus, a structural feature that corresponds to the protein folding nucleus is now found.Keywords
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