Monday, June 3, 2024

The Mechanism of Folding of Human Frataxin in Comparison to the Yeast Homologue - Broad Energy Barriers and the General Properties of the Transition State

Pietrangeli P, Marcocci L, Pennacchietti V, Diop A, Di Felice M, Pagano L, Malagrinò F, Toto A, Brunori M, Gianni S. The Mechanism of Folding of Human Frataxin in Comparison to the Yeast Homologue - Broad Energy Barriers and the General Properties of the Transition State. J Mol Biol. 2024 May 15;436(10):168555. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168555. Epub 2024 Mar 27. PMID: 38552947. 

 We compared results from yeast and human frataxin providing insights into the impact of native topology on the folding mechanism and elucidating the properties of the underlying free energy landscape. The findings are discussed in the context of the funneled energy landscape theory of protein folding.