Chapter 5, Problem 51TQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The reason why some proteins require molecular chaperons to fold into an active conformation, whereas some proteins do not require chaperones for folding.

Introduction:

Protein folding is the process by which a polypeptide folds into a stable three-dimensional (3-D) conformation. It is important for the functioning of the protein. Molecular chaperones play an important role in the folding of proteins. They bind to incompletely or unfolded proteins in order to prevent them from aggregation.