Single Protein Dimers Observed Wavering Between Two Symmetrically Opposed Structures
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 17:07
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have used a very sensitive fluorescence technique to find that a bacterial protein thought to exist in one "natural" three-dimensional structure (shape), can actually twist itself into a second form, depending on the protein's chemical environment. One folded form is active and the other is inactive, but the protein can easily morph from one state to another.
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