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Intrinsically unstructured proteins: re-assessing the protein structure-function paradigm.

Peter E. Wright, +1 more
- 22 Oct 1999 - 
- Vol. 293, Iss: 2, pp 321-331
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Many proteins that lack intrinsic globular structure under physiological conditions have now been recognized, and it appears likely that their rapid turnover, aided by their unstructured nature in the unbound state, provides a level of control that allows rapid and accurate responses of the cell to changing environmental conditions.
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This article is published in Journal of Molecular Biology.The article was published on 1999-10-22. It has received 2804 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protein structure function & Intrinsically disordered proteins.

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How Closely Related Are Conformations of Protein Ions Sampled by IM-MS to Native Solution Structures?

TL;DR: Comparisons of experimental CCSs with those generated by molecular dynamics simulation for solution-phase ions and solvent-free ions as a function of temperature provide new insights about conformational preferences and retention of solution conformations.
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Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins at the edge of chaos.

TL;DR: Recent developments in computational IDP drug design strategies and their successful applications are summarized, the typical properties of reported IDP-binding compounds (iIDPs) are analyzed, and the major challenges ahead are discussed.
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Drug discovery and p53.

TL;DR: Molecular characterization of the p53 protein has shown that its conformational flexibility and intrinsic thermodynamic instability provide a foundation from which its conformation can be quickly post-translationally modified.
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Trend of amino acid composition of proteins of different taxa.

TL;DR: There is a surprisingly small selection for the amino acid composition of proteins for higher organisms (eukaryotes) and their viruses in comparison with the "random" frequency following from a uniform usage of codons of the universal genetic code.
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Mapping unstructured regions and synergistic folding in intrinsically disordered proteins with amide H/D exchange mass spectrometry.

TL;DR: A systematic evaluation of an unstructured protein, a molten globular protein, and the well-folded complex of the two proteins provides a useful framework to use in the interpretation of H/D-MS data of intrinsically disordered proteins.
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