A Bioinformatics Study of Protein Conformational Flexibility and Misfolding: a Sequence, Structure and Dynamics Approach

This PhD Thesis titled "A Bioinformatics Study of Protein Conformational Flexibility and Misfolding: a Sequence, Structure and Dynamics Approach" comprises the results and conclusions obtained by us from the study of three different but somehow related research projects, covering aspects o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Espinosa Angarica, Vladimir, Sancho Sanz, Javier
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Zaragoza
Repositorio:Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza
OAI Identifier:oai:zaguan.unizar.es:48401
Acceso en línea:http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48401
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:estructura de polipéptidos y proteínas
polypeptides and proteins structure
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Sumario:This PhD Thesis titled "A Bioinformatics Study of Protein Conformational Flexibility and Misfolding: a Sequence, Structure and Dynamics Approach" comprises the results and conclusions obtained by us from the study of three different but somehow related research projects, covering aspects of the phenomenon of protein local conformational instability, its relationship with protein function, evolvability and aggregation, and the effect of genetic variations on protein conformational instability related to Conformational Diseases. These projects include the prediction of putative prion proteins in complete proteomes and the study of prion biology from a genomic perspective, the prediction of conformationally unstable protein regions and the existence of a structural framework for linking conformational instability to folding and function, and the establishment of a rationale for assessing the connection among mutations and disease phenotypes in Conformational Diseases.