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Stability and folding of the tumour suppressor protein p16.
Journal of molecular biology - 29 Jan 1999
Tang K S, Guralnick B J, Wang W K, Fersht A R, Itzhaki L S
Abstract excerpt
The tumour suppressor p16 is a member of the INK4 family of inhibi tors of the cyclin D-dependent kinases, CDK4 and CDK6, that are involved in the key growth control pathway of the eukaryotic cell cycle. The 156 amino acid residue protein is composed of four ankyrin repeats (a helix-turn-helix motif) that stack linearly as two four-helix bundles resulting in a non-globular, elongated molecule. The thermodynamic...
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