Doblamiento de dos estados observado en moléculas de proteínas individuales.

Elizabeth Rhoades1, Mati Cohen, Benjamin Schuler

  • 1Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.

Resumen

Se observaron las trayectorias de plegamiento de proteínas de una sola molécula, revelando un comportamiento biestable anticipado con transiciones claras entre los estados plegados y desplegados. Esto proporciona evidencia directa para el modelo cinético de dos estados en la dinámica de las proteínas.

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