Anfinsen, based on his studies of the ribonuclease enzyme, proposed that all the information needed to determine the tertiary structure of a protein is encoded in its amino acid sequence. “It is ...

The polypeptide chain in these secondary structures then folds to produce the overall 3D tertiary structure. Once correctly folded, the protein can undergo further maturation through different ...

Protein folding is the process by which proteins achieve their mature functional (native) tertiary structure, and often begins co-translationally. Protein folding requires chaperones and often ...

Intrinsically disordered proteins are isolated polypeptide chains with no stable tertiary structure under physiological conditions in vitro. They remain functional despite the lack of a well ...

tRNAs have a distinct cloverleaf secondary structure and an L-shaped tertiary structure ... translation of the genetic code into the correct amino acid sequence of the protein. tRNAs are highly ...