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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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Dynamic Behavior of an Intrinsically Unstructured Linker Domain Is Conserved in the Face of Negligible Amino Acid Sequence Conservation

TL;DR: The results of this analysis showed that many sites in the IULD are evolving neutrally, suggesting that dynamic behavior can be maintained in the absence of natural selection.
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Biophysical and computational fragment-based approaches to targeting protein^protein interactions: applications in structure-guided drug discovery

TL;DR: The use of sensitive biophysical methods – nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray crystallography, surface plasmon resonance, differential scanning fluorimetry or isothermal calorimetry – to screen and validate fragment binding may provide new leads for drug candidates that target protein–protein interactions and have therapeutic value.
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Folding of a Salivary Intrinsically Disordered Protein upon Binding to Tannins

TL;DR: The data demonstrate that IB5 undergoes an unfolded to folded structural transition upon binding with EgCG, demonstrating conformational adaptability of intrinsically disordered proteins bound to their targets in complex mixtures.
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Structure-based Inhibitor Design for the Intrinsically Disordered Protein c-Myc

TL;DR: The approach of IDP conformation sampling, binding site identification, and virtual screening for compounds that can bind to multiple conformations provides a useful strategy for structure-based drug discovery targeting IDPs.
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Towards the physical basis of how intrinsic disorder mediates protein function.

TL;DR: The experimental and computational approaches that may be integrated to address many important challenges of establishing a "structural" basis of IDP function are reviewed, and some of the key emerging ideas on how the conformational ensembles of IDPs may mediate function are discussed, especially in coupled binding and folding interactions.
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