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Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins

Dunker, A Keith, Silman, Israel, Uversky, Vladimir N, Sussman, Joel L·2008·Current Opinion in Structural Biology

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The application of bioinformatics methodologies to proteins inherently lacking 3D structure has brought increased attention to these macromolecules. Here topics concerning these proteins are discussed, including their prediction from amino acid sequence, their enrichment in eukaryotes compared to prokaryotes, their more rapid evolution compared to structured proteins, their organization into specific groups, their structural preferences, their half-lives in cells, their contributions to signaling diversity (via high contents of multiple-partner binding sites, post-translational modifications, and alternative splicing), their distinct functional repertoire compared to that of structured proteins, and their involvement in diseases.

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  • The combined use of intrinsic disorder, alternative splicing and PTM widely enables the context-dependent orchestration of signaling in developmental biology and other complex processes.

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Authors
Dunker, A. K., Silman, I., Uversky, V. N., & Sussman, J. L.
Affiliations
  • Indiana University Indianapolis (US)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
Corresponding author
Sussman, Joel L
Venue
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-12
Volume
18
Issue
6
Pages
756-764
ISSN
0959-440X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2097891553
Cited by
963
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Autism Speaks (AS1324)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM071714-01A2, R01GM071714)
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine (R01LM007688)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
intrinsically disordered proteins, protein structure prediction, protein evolution, protein half-life, protein-protein interaction, post-translational modification, alternative splicing, disease association
MeSH terms
Animals, Disease, Humans, Protein Conformation, Proteins, Structure-Activity Relationship, Protein Folding, Evolution, Molecular, Computational Biology, Sequence Analysis, Protein

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