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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2014

The folding of a family of three-helix bundle proteins: spectrin R15 has a robust folding nucleus, unlike its homologous neighbours.

Lee Gyan Kwa, Beth G Wensley, Crispin G Alexander, Stuart J Browning, Benjamin R Lichman, Jane Clarke

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Cotranslational folding cooperativity of contiguous domains of α-spectrin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  3. Evolutionary trend toward kinetic stability in the folding trajectory of RNases H.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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6 authors.

Lee Gyan KwaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Beth G WensleyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Crispin G AlexanderDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Stuart J BrowningDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Benjamin R LichmanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Jane ClarkeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. Electronic address: jc162@cam.ac.uk.

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Wellcome Trust 095195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three homologous spectrin domains have remarkably different folding characteristics. We have previously shown that the slow-folding R16 and R17 spectrin domains can be altered to resemble the fast folding R15, in terms of speed of folding (and unfolding), landscape roughness and folding mechanism, simply by substituting five residues in the core. Here we show that, by contrast, R15 cannot be engineered to resemble R16 and R17. It is possible to engineer a slow-folding version of R15, but our analysis shows that this protein neither has a rougher energy landscape nor does change its folding mechanism. Quite remarkably, R15 appears to be a rare example of a protein with a folding nucleus that does not change in position or in size when its folding nucleus is disrupted. Thus, while two members of this protein family are remarkably plastic, the third has apparently a restricted folding landscape.

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KineticsProtein FoldingProtein Structure, SecondarySpectrinSpectrinenergy landscapeinternal frictionprotein foldingΦ-value

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PMID24373753
PMCPMC3988883

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