El análisis a nivel celular del despliegue térmico de la proteína revela determinantes de la termostabilidad

Pascal Leuenberger1,2, Stefan Ganscha2,3, Abdullah Kahraman4

  • 1Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 25, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

La muerte celular por calor está relacionada con la desnaturalización de las proteínas. Este estudio revela proteínas clave cuya pérdida causa colapso térmico y explica por qué las proteínas altamente expresadas son estables al calor.

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