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Tandem Domains with Tuned Interactions Are a Powerful Biological Design Principle.
PLoS biology - 1 Jan 2015
Nussinov Ruth, Tsai Chung-Jung
Abstract excerpt
Allosteric effects of mutations, ligand binding, or post-translational modifications on protein function occur through changes to the protein's shape, or conformation. In a cell, there are many copies of the same protein, all experiencing these perturbations in a dynamic fashion and fluctuating through different conformations and activity states. According to the "conformational selection and population shift"...
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