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MEMBRANE PROTEIN FOLDING AND STABILITY: Physical Principles

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White, Stephen H., Wimley, William C.·1999·Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

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▪ Abstract Stably folded membrane proteins reside in a free energy minimum determined by the interactions of the peptide chains with each other, the lipid bilayer hydrocarbon core, the bilayer interface, and with water. The prediction of three-dimensional structure from sequence requires a detailed understanding of these interactions. Progress toward this objective is summarized in this review by means of a thermodynamic framework for describing membrane protein folding and stability. The framework includes a coherent thermodynamic formalism for determining and describing the energetics of peptide-bilayer interactions and a review of the properties of the environment of membrane proteins—the bilayer milieu. Using a four-step thermodynamic cycle as a guide, advances in three main aspects of membrane protein folding energetics are discussed: protein binding and folding in bilayer interfaces, transmembrane helix insertion, and helix-helix interactions. The concepts of membrane protein stability that emerge provide insights to fundamental issues of protein folding.

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Authors
White, S. H., & Wimley, W. C.
Venue
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure
Published
1999-06
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
319-365
ISSN
  • 1056-8700 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4266
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W2155147384
Cited by
1,764
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journal article
Language
en
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White, S. H., & Wimley, W. C. (1999). MEMBRANE PROTEIN FOLDING AND STABILITY: Physical Principles. Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biophys.28.1.319

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