Cited by 4,791Protein Structure and DynamicsHeat shock proteins researchProtein purification and stability

Protein folding and misfolding

Dobson, Christopher M.·2003·Nature

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The manner in which a newly synthesized chain of amino acids transforms itself into a perfectly folded protein depends both on the intrinsic properties of the amino-acid sequence and on multiple contributing influences from the crowded cellular milieu. Folding and unfolding are crucial ways of regulating biological activity and targeting proteins to different cellular locations. Aggregation of misfolded proteins that escape the cellular quality-control mechanisms is a common feature of a wide range of highly debilitating and increasingly prevalent diseases.

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  • AlphaFold does not resolve the protein folding problem and does not identify folding pathways.

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Authors
Dobson, C. M.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Dobson, Christopher M.
Venue
Nature
Published
2003-12
Volume
426
Issue
6968
Pages
884-890
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1973897761
Cited by
4,791
References
73
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FWCI
11.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Leverhulme Trust
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein purification and stability
Keywords
protein folding, protein misfolding, protein aggregation, protein quality control, protein unfolding, protein targeting, amino acid sequence, cellular environment
MeSH terms
Humans, Protein Conformation, Protein Denaturation, Proteins, Protein Folding, Evolution, Molecular, Plaque, Amyloid

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