The Protein Kingdom Extended: Ordered and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Their Folding, Supramolecular Complex Formation, and Aggregation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
Protein Folding, Globular Proteins, Natively Disordered Proteins, Protein–protein and Dna-protein Complexes, Amorphous Aggregates, Amyloid Fibrils, Functional Amyloid, Inter- and Intramolecular Contacts
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2010.01.003
Abstract
The native state of a protein is usually associated with a compact globular conformation possessing a rigid and highly ordered structure. At the turn of the last century certain studies arose which concluded that many proteins cannot, in principle, form a rigid globular structure in an aqueous environment, but they are still able to fulfill their specific functions – i.e., they are native. The existence of the disordered regions allows these proteins to interact with their numerous binding partners. Such interactions are often accompanied by the formation of complexes that possess a more ordered structure than the original components. The functional diversity of these proteins, combined with the variability of signals related to the various intra- and intercellular processes handled by these proteins and their capability to produce multi-variant and multi-directional responses allow them to form a unique regulatory net in a cell. The abundance of disordered proteins inside the cell is precisely controlled at the synthesis and clearance levels as well as via interaction with specific binding partners and post-translational modifications. Another recently recognized biologically active state of proteins is the functional amyloid. The formation of such functional amyloids is tightly controlled and therefore differs from the uncontrolled formation of pathogenic amyloids which are associated with the pathogenesis of several conformational diseases, the development of which is likely to be determined by the failures of the cellular regulatory systems rather than by the formation of the proteinaceous deposits and/or by the protofibril toxicity.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, v. 102, issue 2-3, p. 73-84
Scholar Commons Citation
Turoverov, Konstantin K.; Kuznetsova, Irina M.; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "The Protein Kingdom Extended: Ordered and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Their Folding, Supramolecular Complex Formation, and Aggregation" (2010). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 463.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/463
