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ArticleEMBO reports2005

The folding pathway of a fast-folding immunoglobulin domain revealed by single-molecule mechanical experiments.

Ingo Schwaiger, Michael Schleicher, Angelika A Noegel, Matthias Rief

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Article in EMBO reports, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ingo SchwaigerPhysik-Department E22, TU-München, James-Franck-Strasse, 85747 Garching, Germany.
Michael Schleicher
Angelika A Noegel
Matthias Rief
Technical University of Munich · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The F-actin crosslinker filamin from Dictyostelium discoideum (ddFLN) has a rod domain consisting of six structurally similar immunoglobulin domains. When subjected to a stretching force, domain 4 unfolds at a lower force than all the other domains in the chain. Moreover, this domain shows a stable intermediate along its mechanical unfolding pathway. We have developed a mechanical single-molecule analogue to a double-jump stopped-flow experiment to investigate the folding kinetics and pathway of this domain. We show that an obligatory and productive intermediate also occurs on the folding pathway of the domain. Identical mechanical properties suggest that the unfolding and refolding intermediates are closely related. The folding process can be divided into two consecutive steps: in the first step 60 C-terminal amino acids form an intermediate at the rate of 55 s(-1); and in the second step the remaining 40 amino acids are packed on this core at the rate of 179 s(-1). This division increases the overall folding rate of this domain by a factor of ten compared with all other homologous domains of ddFLN that lack the folding intermediate.

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Protein FoldingAnimalsContractile ProteinsDictyosteliumFilaminsImmunoglobulinsKineticsMicrofilament ProteinsModels, MolecularProtein Structure, TertiaryContractile ProteinsFilaminsImmunoglobulinsMicrofilament Proteins

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PMID15608615
PMCPMC1299227
OpenAlexW2146780482

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