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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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Conformation of Prion Protein Repeat Peptides Probed by FRET Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

TL;DR: Initial "mapping" of the conformational distribution of flexible peptides by simulation can assist in designing and interpreting experiments using steady-state intensity methods, and indicating how time-resolved or anisotropy methods might be used.
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The intrinsic disorder status of the human hepatitis C virus proteome

TL;DR: It is shown that the intrinsic disorder or increased flexibility is not only abundant in these proteins, but is also absolutely necessary for their functions, playing a crucial role in the proteolytic processing of the HCV polyprotein, the maturation of the individual HCV proteins, and being related to the posttranslational modifications of these proteins and their interactions with DNA, RNA, and various host proteins.
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Configurational entropies of lipids in pure and mixed bilayers from atomic-level and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations.

TL;DR: Single-chain and single-fragment configurational entropies of lipid tails in hydrated lipid bilayers are evaluated from molecular dynamics simulations using the quasi-harmonic approximation and a good correspondence is found between the flexibility of the AL and CG models.
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Disordered Protein Diffusion under Crowded Conditions.

TL;DR: NMR data show that shape is a key parameter determining protein diffusion under crowded conditions, adding to the properties known to be affected by macromolecular crowding.
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The intracellular domain of the Drosophila cholinesterase-like neural adhesion protein, gliotactin, is natively unfolded.

TL;DR: 1D‐1H NMR conclusively demonstrated that Gli‐cyt possesses an extended unfolded structure and was shown to possess charge and hydrophobic properties characteristic of natively unfolded proteins (i.e., proteins that, when purified, are intrinsically disordered under physiologic conditions in vitro).
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