Metamorphic proteins (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Metamorphic proteins

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Studies of four different metamorphic proteins revealed that cold temperature can induce a transformation from one state to another. In each example, the low temperature (Low T) state is less ordered than the high temperature (high T) state.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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