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Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding
Protein folding is essential for a polypeptide chain to acquire its proper structure and function. Globins are a superfamily of ubiquitous heme-binding α-helical proteins whose function is principally to regulate oxygen homoeostasis. In this review, we explore the hierarchical helical formation in t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10179781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37175379 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28093970 |
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author | Nishimura, Chiaki Kikuchi, Takeshi |
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description | Protein folding is essential for a polypeptide chain to acquire its proper structure and function. Globins are a superfamily of ubiquitous heme-binding α-helical proteins whose function is principally to regulate oxygen homoeostasis. In this review, we explore the hierarchical helical formation in the globin proteins apomyoglobin and leghemoglobin, and we discuss the existence of non-native and misfolded structures occurring during the course of folding to its native state. This review summarizes the research aimed at characterizing and comparing the equilibrium and kinetic intermediates, as well as delineating the complete folding pathway at a molecular level, in order to answer the following questions: “What is the mechanism of misfolding via a folding intermediate? Does the non-native structure stabilize the contemporary intermediate structure? Does the non-native structure induce slower folding?” The role of the non-native structures in the folding intermediate related to misfolding is also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-101797812023-05-13 Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding Nishimura, Chiaki Kikuchi, Takeshi Molecules Review Protein folding is essential for a polypeptide chain to acquire its proper structure and function. Globins are a superfamily of ubiquitous heme-binding α-helical proteins whose function is principally to regulate oxygen homoeostasis. In this review, we explore the hierarchical helical formation in the globin proteins apomyoglobin and leghemoglobin, and we discuss the existence of non-native and misfolded structures occurring during the course of folding to its native state. This review summarizes the research aimed at characterizing and comparing the equilibrium and kinetic intermediates, as well as delineating the complete folding pathway at a molecular level, in order to answer the following questions: “What is the mechanism of misfolding via a folding intermediate? Does the non-native structure stabilize the contemporary intermediate structure? Does the non-native structure induce slower folding?” The role of the non-native structures in the folding intermediate related to misfolding is also discussed. MDPI 2023-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10179781/ /pubmed/37175379 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28093970 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Nishimura, Chiaki Kikuchi, Takeshi Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title | Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title_full | Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title_fullStr | Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title_full_unstemmed | Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title_short | Non-Native Structures of Apomyoglobin and Apoleghemoglobin in Folding Intermediates Related to the Protein Misfolding |
title_sort | non-native structures of apomyoglobin and apoleghemoglobin in folding intermediates related to the protein misfolding |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10179781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37175379 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28093970 |
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