Mechanisms of protein folding.
Understanding the mechanism by which a polypeptide chain folds into its native structure is a central problem of modern biophysics. The collaborative efforts of experimental and theoretical studies recently raised the tantalizing possibility to define a unifying mechanism for protein folding. In this review we summarize some of these intriguing advances and analyze them together with a discussion on the new findings concerning the so-called downhill folding.
Ivarsson
Ylva
Y
Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche A. Rossi Fanelli, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Travaglini-Allocatelli
Carlo
C
Brunori
Maurizio
M
Gianni
Stefano
S
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D011506:Proteins