Intrinsically disordered proteins and their “mysterious”(meta) physics

VN Uversky - Frontiers in Physics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recognition of the natural abundance and functional importance of intrinsically disordered
proteins (IDPs), and protein hybrids that contain both intrinsically disordered protein regions …

Introducing protein intrinsic disorder

J Habchi, P Tompa, S Longhi, VN Uversky - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the major component of the living cell. They play crucial roles in the
maintenance of life, and their dysfunctions are known to cause different pathologies. One of …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

An introduction to biological NMR spectroscopy

D Marion - Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2013 - ASBMB
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for biologists interested in the structure, dynamics, and
interactions of biological macromolecules. This review aims at presenting in an accessible …

Flexible-meccano: a tool for the generation of explicit ensemble descriptions of intrinsically disordered proteins and their associated experimental observables

V Ozenne, F Bauer, L Salmon, J Huang… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation: Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) represent a significant fraction of
the human proteome. The classical structure function paradigm that has successfully …

Single-molecule spectroscopy of protein folding dynamics—expanding scope and timescales

B Schuler, H Hofmann - Current opinion in structural biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Single-molecule spectroscopy has developed into an important method for probing protein
structure and dynamics, especially in structurally heterogeneous systems. A broad range of …

What's in a name? Why these proteins are intrinsically disordered: Why these proteins are intrinsically disordered

AK Dunker, MM Babu, E Barbar… - Intrinsically …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”
From “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare (1594) This article opens a series of …

Integrative, dynamic structural biology at atomic resolution—it's about time

H Van Den Bedem, JS Fraser - Nature methods, 2015 - nature.com
Biomolecules adopt a dynamic ensemble of conformations, each with the potential to
interact with binding partners or perform the chemical reactions required for a multitude of …

From sequence and forces to structure, function, and evolution of intrinsically disordered proteins

JD Forman-Kay, T Mittag - Structure, 2013 - cell.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), which lack persistent structure, are a challenge to
structural biology due to the inapplicability of standard methods for characterization of folded …

Describing intrinsically disordered proteins at atomic resolution by NMR

MR Jensen, RWH Ruigrok, M Blackledge - Current opinion in structural …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the development of physical methods to study the
conformational behaviour and biological activity of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). In …