返回
摘要
En 中文
As the reader must be already aware, state-of-the-art protein folding prediction methods have reached a smashing success in their goal of accurately determining the threedimensional structures of proteins. Yet, a solution to simple problems such as the effects of protein point mutations on their (i) energy nativelike conformations; and (iv) metamorphism propensity and, hence, their evolvability, remains as an unsolved problem. As a plausible solution to the latter, some properties of the amide hydrogen-deuterium exchange, a highly sensitive probe of the structure, stability, and folding of proteins, are assessed from a new perspective. The preliminary results indicate that the protein marginal stability change upon point mutations provides the necessary and sufficient information to estimate, through a Boltzmann factor, the evolution of the amide hydrogen exchange protection factors and, consequently, that of the ensemble of folded conformations coexisting with the native state. This work contributes to our general understanding of the effects of point mutations on proteins and may spur significant progress in our efforts to develop methods to determine the appearance of new folds and functions accurately.
Keyword:
STATE HYDROGEN-EXCHANGE
METAMORPHIC PROTEINS
DIRECTED EVOLUTION
STABILITY
EPISTASIS
PREDICTION
ENERGY
CONFORMATIONS
FLUCTUATIONS
ROBUSTNESS
AI总结
对已上传原文的论文进行重点信息的提取,主要内容包括:简要概述、研究摘要、背景介绍、关键亮点、图文解析、展望与总结。
期刊
IF:
4.3
论文数:
3.4W
被引数:
9.8W
机构
引用论文
Conformational diversity and protein evolution - a 60-year-old hypothesis revisited构象多样性和蛋白质进化-重新审视了60年的假设

