Communications Physics (Jan 2023)

Compliant mechanical response of the ultrafast folding protein EnHD under force

  • Antonio Reifs,
  • Irene Ruiz Ortiz,
  • Amaia Ochandorena Saa,
  • Jörg Schönfelder,
  • David De Sancho,
  • Victor Muñoz,
  • Raul Perez-Jimenez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01125-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Exhibiting low-energy (un)folding barriers and fast kinetics, ultrafast folding proteins are enticing models to study protein dynamics. The authors use single molecule force spectroscopy AFM to capture the compliant behaviour hallmarking the dynamics of ultrafast folding proteins under force.