protein misfolding (IMAGE)
Caption
Illustration of a new class of protein misfolding called a non-covalent lasso entanglement that can result from changes to the rate of protein synthesis caused by synonymous mutations. Bottom: structure of a protein showing its native state and misfolded state with non-covalent lasso entanglement.
Credit
Yang Jiang, Penn State.
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