Loop-closure principles in protein folding.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics ·Vol. 469 ·No. 1 ·2008-01-01 ·Pages 67-75

Weikl TR

Abstract

Simple theoretical concepts and models have been helpful to understand the folding rates and routes of single-domain proteins. As reviewed in this article, a physical principle that appears to underly these models is loop closure.

MeSH Terms

Kinetics Protein Folding Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

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Weikl Thomas R

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. weikl@mpikg.mpg.de

Article Info

Journal

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

Abbr.

Arch Biochem Biophys

ISSN

1096-0384

DOI

10.1016/j.abb.2007.06.018

weikl@mpikg.mpg.de

Published

2008-01-01

Epub

2007-00-29

Pages

67-75

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0372430

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.06.018 View journal details

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