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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
まとめ

本質的に無秩序なペプチドセグメントは,コンフォメーションアンサンブルをシフトすることにより,タンパク質の機能を高めることができます. 乱れた領域の長さに左右されるこのエントロピー効果は,UDP-α-D-グルコース-6-デヒドロゲナーゼ (UGDH) の阻害剤結合を最適化します.

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