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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2026

Structures of protein folding intermediates on the ribosome.

Sammy H S Chan, Julian O Streit, Tomasz Włodarski, Alkistis N Mitropoulou, Anaïs M E Cassaignau, Ivana V Bukvin, Christopher A Waudby, Lisa D Cabrita, John Christodoulou

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Structures of protein folding intermediates on the ribosome.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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9 authors.

Sammy H S Chan *Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-1818
Julian O Streit *Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6114-3636
Tomasz WłodarskiInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-334X
Alkistis N MitropoulouInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Anaïs M E CassaignauInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Ivana V BukvinInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1429-9245
Christopher A WaudbyInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-3753
Lisa D CabritaInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-8078
John ChristodoulouInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK. j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6710-3843

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ribosome biases the conformations sampled by nascent polypeptide chains along folding pathways toward biologically active states. A hallmark of the cotranslational folding (coTF) of many proteins constitutes highly stable folding intermediates that are absent or only transiently populated off the ribosome, yet persist during translation well beyond complete emergence of the domain from the ribosome exit tunnel. Despite the importance of intermediates for folding fidelity, their structures have remained elusive and cannot be predicted by machine learning methods. Here we obtained structures of two folding intermediates of an immunoglobulin-like domain on the ribosome by developing comprehensive

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Protein FoldingRibosomesModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BiosynthesisProtein Conformation

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PMCPMC13275320

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