Structure and Function of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

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CRC Press, Nov 18, 2009 - Science - 359 pages
The existence and functioning of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) challenge the classical structure-function paradigm that equates function with a well-defined 3D structure. Uncovering the disordered complement of proteomes and understanding their functioning can extend the structure-function paradigm to herald new breakthroughs in drug dev
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Principles of Protein Structure and Function
1
Chapter 2 A Brief History of Protein Disorder
21
Chapter 3 Indirect Techniques for Recognizing and Characterizing Protein Disorder
31
Chapter 4 Hydrodynamic Techniques
43
Chapter 5 Spectroscopic Techniques for Characterizing Disorder
55
Chapter 6 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
73
Chapter 7 Proteomic Approaches for the Identification of IDPs
85
Chapter 8 IDPs under Conditions Approaching In Vivo
91
Chapter 11 Biological Processes Enriched in Disorder
143
Chapter 12 Molecular Functions of Disordered Proteins
163
Chapter 13 Evolution and Prevalence of Disorder
189
Chapter 14 Extension of the StructureFunction Paradigm
205
Chapter 15 Structural Disorder and Disease
237
References
265
Index
313
Back cover
333

Chapter 9 Prediction of Disorder
103
Chapter 10 Structure of IDPs
121

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About the author (2009)

Peter Tompa is Group Leader in the Laboratory of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.

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