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Cavity formation before stable hydrogen bonding in the folding of a β-clam protein

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The time course of folding of a small β-sheet protein reveals formation of a central ligand binding cavity before the consolidation of the native hydrogen bonding network. These results suggest that side chain interactions and not stable hydrogen bonding determine the β-sheet architecture and play crucial roles in the overall chain topology.

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    Patricia L. Clark

  2. Department of Molecular Biology and Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 75235, USA

    Zhi-Ping Liu

  3. Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 75235, USA

    Josep Rizo

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA

    Lila M. Gierasch

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Clark, P., Liu, ZP., Rizo, J. et al. Cavity formation before stable hydrogen bonding in the folding of a β-clam protein. Nat Struct Mol Biol 4, 883–886 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1197-883

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