La fuerza entrópica generada por segmentos intrínsecamente desordenados sintoniza la función de la proteína

Nicholas D Keul1, Krishnadev Oruganty2, Elizabeth T Schaper Bergman3

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

Nature
|November 14, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

Los segmentos peptídicos intrínsecamente desordenados pueden mejorar la función de la proteína mediante el desplazamiento de conjuntos conformacionales. Este efecto entrópico, impulsado por la longitud de las regiones desordenadas, optimiza la unión del inhibidor en la UDP-α-D-glucosa-6- deshidrogenasa (UGDH).

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