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On The Roles Of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins And Regions In Cell Communication And Signaling, Sarah E. Bondos, A. Keith Dunker, Vladimir N. Uversky
On The Roles Of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins And Regions In Cell Communication And Signaling, Sarah E. Bondos, A. Keith Dunker, Vladimir N. Uversky
Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications
For proteins, the sequence → structure → function paradigm applies primarily to enzymes, transmembrane proteins, and signaling domains. This paradigm is not universal, but rather, in addition to structured proteins, intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (IDPs and IDRs) also carry out crucial biological functions. For these proteins, the sequence → IDP/IDR ensemble → function paradigm applies primarily to signaling and regulatory proteins and regions. Often, in order to carry out function, IDPs or IDRs cooperatively interact, either intra- or inter-molecularly, with structured proteins or other IDPs or intermolecularly with nucleic acids. In this IDP/IDR thematic collection published in Cell Communication …