2001
Mechanisms of protein folding
Grantcharova V, Alm E, Baker D, Horwich A. Mechanisms of protein folding. Current Opinion In Structural Biology 2001, 11: 70-82. PMID: 11179895, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(00)00176-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEscherichia coli chaperonin GroELNon-native proteinsATP-dependent formationCo-chaperonin GroESLowest free energy pathChaperonin GroELProtein foldingUnfolded proteinsLarge proteinsGroELNative stateNative structureContact orderProteinChaperoninKinetic trapsFoldingChaperonesGroESFree energy pathPolypeptideComplexes
1994
GroEL-mediated protein folding proceeds by multiple rounds of binding and release of nonnative forms
Weissman J, Kashi Y, Fenton W, Horwich A. GroEL-mediated protein folding proceeds by multiple rounds of binding and release of nonnative forms. Cell 1994, 78: 693-702. PMID: 7915201, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90533-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCochaperonin GroESMultiple roundsGroEL functionChaperonin GroELKinetic partitioningMutant formsNonnative conformationsNonnative formsGroELAddition of ATPGroEL moleculeTryptophan fluorescenceFolding reactionDouble-ring structureUnfolded statePolypeptideDiverse setGroESProteolysisProteinATPBindingFateConformationComplexes