Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Modulating co-translational protein folding by rational design and ribosome engineering

  • Minkoo Ahn,
  • Tomasz Włodarski,
  • Alkistis Mitropoulou,
  • Sammy H. S. Chan,
  • Haneesh Sidhu,
  • Elena Plessa,
  • Thomas A. Becker,
  • Nediljko Budisa,
  • Christopher A. Waudby,
  • Roland Beckmann,
  • Anaïs M. E. Cassaignau,
  • Lisa D. Cabrita,
  • John Christodoulou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31906-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The narrow exit tunnel of the ribosome is important for cotranslational protein folding. Here, authors show that their rationally designed and engineered exit tunnel protein loops modulate the free energy of nascent chain dynamics and folding.