Estabilidad altamente anisotrópica y cinética de plegamiento de una sola proteína en espiral en espiral bajo tensión

Ying Gao1, George Sirinakis, Yongli Zhang

  • 1Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States.

Resumen

Las pinzas ópticas de una sola molécula revelan que la estabilidad de la proteína de la bobina enrollada GCN4 y la cinética de plegamiento dependen en gran medida de la dirección de tracción. Este comportamiento anisotrópico es crucial para comprender la mecánica de las proteínas y las funciones biológicas.

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