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Athi N Naganathan1, Victor Muñoz

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.

まとめ

タンパク質の折り畳み時間は大きく異なりますが,この研究は,タンパク質のサイズと折り畳み速度との間に強い相関があることを明らかにしています. より小さなタンパク質はより速く折りたたみ,最小のエネルギーバリアを示唆し,タンパク質の折りたたみダイナミクスを予測するのに役立ちます.

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