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Altered backbone and side-chain interactions result in route heterogeneity during the folding of interleukin-1β (IL-1β).
Biophysical journal - 20 Aug 2013
Capraro Dominique T, Lammert Heiko, Heidary David K, Roy Melinda, Gross Larry A, Onuchic José N, Jennings Patricia A
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of the β-bulge trigger-loop results in both a switch in the preferred folding route, from the functional loop packing folding route to barrel closure, as well as conversion of the agonist activity of IL-1β into antagonist activity. Conversely, circular permutations of IL-1β conserve the...
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