Investigación de una catena con una red no covalente sensible: imitación de respuestas de largo alcance en proteínas

Mee-Kyung Chung, Peter S White, Stephen J Lee1

  • 1U.S. Army Research Office , P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.

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Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron un modelo sintético, un [2]-catenano, para estudiar las redes no covalentes (NCNs) cruciales para la función de las proteínas. Este modelo revela que las interacciones "frustradas" dentro de las NCN almacenan energía libre latente, lo que permite respuestas de larga distancia.

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