This linear construct folds during and after synthesis into a 3-dimensional form called its "native conformation." The conformation of a protein determines its biological function in the cell by providing exposed binding sites by which the protein binds to other cell components or structures (like membranes).
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Protein structure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Proteins are an important class of biological macromolecules present in all biological organisms, made up of such elements as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur. All proteins are polymers...
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Protein folding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protein folding is the physical process by which a polypeptide folds into its characteristic and functional three-dimensional structure from random coil. Each protein exists as an unfolded polypeptid...
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B. What Determines Protein Conformation? ... The fact that some denatured proteins return to their native conformation when environmental conditions return to normal is evidence that a protein’s amino acid sequence (primary structure) determines conformation.
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The discussion will be focused on the different pressure behavior of these prion isoforms, which points out differences in the protein structure that have not been taken into consideration before...
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BioInfoBank Library :: Protein conformation determines the sensibility to high pressure treatment of infectious scrapie prions. Mechanism-based irreversible inactivation of horseradish peroxidase at 500 MPa. ... Dual nature of the infectious prion protein revealed by high pressure.
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8/27/2007: What Determines Protein Conformation? ... •This loss of a protein’s native conformation is called denaturation ... chemical conditions can affect conformation...
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Protein Conformation and Dynamics in Protein-based Diagnostic Assays ... Standard immunometric diagnostics rely on binding events predicated on the target protein adopting a single conformation. However, in the case of infectious prions, PrPSc appears to adopt a variety of conformations (23)(26)(27),
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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Prion Protein Conformation in a Patient with Sporadic Fatal Insomnia ... Prion Protein Conformation in a Patient with Sporadic Fatal Insomni...
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Upon heating, the bR monomer is found to have a very low thermal stability compared with the native bR with its melting point reduced from 97 to 65 °C, and the pre-melting transition in which the protein changes conformation in native bR at 80 °C could not be observed.
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