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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Understanding the Binding Induced Folding of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins by Protein Engineering: Caveats and Pitfalls.

Francesca Malagrinò, Lorenzo Visconti, Livia Pagano, Angelo Toto, Francesca Troilo, Stefano Gianni

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Transient Co-expression of Membrane Protein Complexes in Mammalian Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  5. Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca MalagrinòIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo ViscontiIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Livia PaganoIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Angelo TotoIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesca TroiloIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Stefano GianniIstituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche 'A. Rossi Fanelli' and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Istituto Pasteur · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro MFAG 2016, 18701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many proteins lack a well-defined three-dimensional structure in isolation. These proteins, typically denoted as intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), may display a characteristic disorder-to-order transition when binding their physiological partner(s). From an experimental perspective, it is of great importance to establish the general grounds to understand how such folding processes may be explored. Here we discuss the caveats and the pitfalls arising when applying to IDPs one of the key techniques to characterize the folding of globular proteins, the Φ value analysis. This method is based on measurements of the free energy changes of transition and native states upon conservative, non-disrupting, mutations. On the basis of available data, we reinforce the validity of Φ value analysis in the study of IDPs and suggest future experiments to further validate this powerful experimental method.

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Protein EngineeringProtein FoldingIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsMutationProtein BindingIntrinsically Disordered Proteinsdisorder-to order transitionfolding kineticsIDPprotein engineeringΦ value analysis

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PMID32429036
PMCPMC7279032
OpenAlexW3025543721

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