Análisis del valor de phi para proteínas de plegamiento ultrarrápido por dispersión de relajación de RMN

Jae-Hyun Cho1, Nichole O'Connell, Daniel P Raleigh

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA.

Resumen

Los estudios de plegamiento rápido de proteínas están habilitados por la dispersión de relajación de espín de la Resonancia Magnética Nuclear (RMN). Este método cuantifica los cambios cinéticos y de estabilidad, superando las limitaciones de las técnicas convencionales para las proteínas de plegamiento rápido.

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