Controlar el plegamiento de péptidos con interacciones repulsivas entre los aminoácidos fosforilados y el triptófano

Alexander J Riemen1, Marcey L Waters

  • 1Department of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.

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Resumen

La fosforilación de aminoácidos como la serina, la treonina y la tirosina desestabiliza las estructuras de la horquilla beta en 1.0 kcal/mol debido a las interacciones repulsivas. Este estudio revela una nueva forma en que la fosforilación afecta la función de las proteínas.

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