Downhill, Ultrafast and Fast Folding Proteins Revised. 2020

Mateusz Banach, and Katarzyna Stapor, and Leszek Konieczny, and Piotr Fabian, and Irena Roterman
Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University-Medical College, Lazarza 16, 31-533 Krakow, Poland.

Research on the protein folding problem differentiates the protein folding process with respect to the duration of this process. The current structure encoded in sequence dogma seems to be clearly justified, especially in the case of proteins referred to as fast-folding, ultra-fast-folding or downhill. In the present work, an attempt to determine the characteristics of this group of proteins using fuzzy oil drop model is undertaken. According to the fuzzy oil drop model, a protein is a specific micelle composed of bi-polar molecules such as amino acids. Protein folding is regarded as a spherical micelle formation process. The presence of covalent peptide bonds between amino acids eliminates the possibility of free mutual arrangement of neighbors. An example would be the construction of co-micelles composed of more than one type of bipolar molecules. In the case of fast folding proteins, the amino acid sequence represents the optimal bipolarity system to generate a spherical micelle. In order to achieve the native form, it is enough to have an external force field provided by the water environment which directs the folding process towards the generation of a centric hydrophobic core. The influence of the external field can be expressed using the 3D Gaussian function which is a mathematical model of the folding process orientation towards the concentration of hydrophobic residues in the center with polar residues exposed on the surface. The set of proteins under study reveals a hydrophobicity distribution compatible with a 3D Gaussian distribution, taken as representing an idealized micelle-like distribution. The structure of the present hydrophobic core is also discussed in relation to the distribution of hydrophobic residues in a partially unfolded form.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D014764 Viral Proteins Proteins found in any species of virus. Gene Products, Viral,Viral Gene Products,Viral Gene Proteins,Viral Protein,Protein, Viral,Proteins, Viral
D017510 Protein Folding Processes involved in the formation of TERTIARY PROTEIN STRUCTURE. Protein Folding, Globular,Folding, Globular Protein,Folding, Protein,Foldings, Globular Protein,Foldings, Protein,Globular Protein Folding,Globular Protein Foldings,Protein Foldings,Protein Foldings, Globular
D056004 Molecular Dynamics Simulation A computer simulation developed to study the motion of molecules over a period of time. Molecular Dynamics Simulations,Molecular Dynamics,Dynamic, Molecular,Dynamics Simulation, Molecular,Dynamics Simulations, Molecular,Dynamics, Molecular,Molecular Dynamic,Simulation, Molecular Dynamics,Simulations, Molecular Dynamics
D057927 Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions The thermodynamic interaction between a substance and WATER. Hydrophilic Interactions,Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Interactions,Hydrophilicity,Hydrophobic Interactions,Hydrophobicity,Hydrophilic Interaction,Hydrophilicities,Hydrophobic Interaction,Hydrophobicities,Interaction, Hydrophilic,Interaction, Hydrophobic,Interactions, Hydrophilic,Interactions, Hydrophobic

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