Proteins evolve on the edge of supramolecular self-assembly

Hector Garcia-Seisdedos, Charly Empereur-Mot, Nadav Elad and Emmanuel D. Levy ()
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Hector Garcia-Seisdedos: Weizmann Institute of Science
Charly Empereur-Mot: Weizmann Institute of Science
Nadav Elad: Weizmann Institute of Science
Emmanuel D. Levy: Weizmann Institute of Science

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7666, 244-247

Abstract: Introducing a single ‘sticky’ (hydrophobic) amino acid by point mutation into symmetric protein complexes frequently triggers their association into higher-order assemblies, without affecting their native fold and structure.

Date: 2017
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