Sequence evolution and the mechanism of protein folding.

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The impact on protein evolution of the physical laws that govern folding remains obscure. Here, by analyzing in silico-evolved sequences subjected to evolutionary pressure for fast folding, it is shown that: First, a subset of residues in the thermodynamic folding nucleus is mainly responsible for modulating the protein folding rate. Second and most important, the protein topology itself is of paramount...

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