Folding Proteins
Published on Nov 28, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PROTEIN FOLDING IS THE PROCESS
IN WHICH A PROTEIN STRUCTURE ASSUMES ITS FUNCTIONAL SHAPE OR CONFORMATION.
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BY COILING AND FOLDING INTO A SPECIFIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL
shape they are able to perform their biological function.
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FAILURE TO FOLD INTO NATIVE STRUCTURE PRODUCES
INACTIVE PROTEINS THAT ARE USUALLY TOXIC.
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CHANGES IN DNA CAUSED BY MUTATION CAN CAUSE ERRORS
in protein sequence, creating partially or completely non-functional proteins.
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A CONDITION CAUSED
BY MUTATIONS IN ONE OR MORE GENES IS CALLED A GENETIC DISORDER.
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