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ReviewBiomolecules2020

Solution of Levinthal's Paradox and a Physical Theory of Protein Folding Times.

Dmitry N Ivankov, Alexei V Finkelstein

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Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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2 authors.

Dmitry N IvankovCenter of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia.
Alexei V FinkelsteinInstitute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.

Funding

RAS Program №9 on Fundamental Research 01201358029Russian Science Foundation 14-24-00157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"How do proteins fold?" Researchers have been studying different aspects of this question for more than 50 years. The most conceptual aspect of the problem is how protein can find the global free energy minimum in a biologically reasonable time, without exhaustive enumeration of all possible conformations, the so-called "Levinthal's paradox." Less conceptual but still critical are aspects about factors defining folding times of particular proteins and about perspectives of machine learning for their prediction. We will discuss in this review the key ideas and discoveries leading to the current understanding of folding kinetics, including the solution of Levinthal's paradox, as well as the current state of the art in the prediction of protein folding times.

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Protein FoldingEntropyKineticsProtein ConformationProteinsThermodynamicsProteins“all-or-none” transitiondetailed balance principlefolding funnelfree energy barrierLevinthal’s paradoxprotein folding

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PMID32041303
PMCPMC7072185

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