Synthesis runs counter to directional folding of a nascent protein domain

In vivo experiments and optical tweezers force-spectroscopy measurements assessing the co-translational folding of the G-domain from bacterial elongation factor G reveal a sequential folding pathway initiating from the C-terminus. These results suggest that protein folding and synthesis proceed in o...

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Main Authors: Xiuqi Chen, Nandakumar Rajasekaran, Kaixian Liu, Christian M. Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18921-8
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Summary:In vivo experiments and optical tweezers force-spectroscopy measurements assessing the co-translational folding of the G-domain from bacterial elongation factor G reveal a sequential folding pathway initiating from the C-terminus. These results suggest that protein folding and synthesis proceed in opposite directions.
ISSN:2041-1723