Assessing the effect of dynamics on the closed-loop protein-folding hypothesis.

ABSTRACT: The closed-loop (loop-n-lock) hypothesis of protein folding suggests that loops of about 25 residues, closed through interactions between the loop ends (locks), play an important role in protein structure. Coarse-grain elastic network simulations, and examination of loop lengths in a diverse set of proteins, each supports a bias towards loops of close to 25 residues in length between residues of high stability. Previous studies have established a correlation between total contact distance (TCD), a metric of sequence distances between contacting residues (cf. contact order), and the log-folding rate of a protein. In a set of 43 proteins, we identify an improved correlation (r(2) = 0.76), when the metric is restricted to residues contacting the locks, compared to the equivalent result when a

SUBMITTER: Chintapalli SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3869168 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature