conformational change
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change
noun
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the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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Consequently, the arginines are carried through the membrane electric field, resulting in aconformationalchangewhich couples channel opening to membrane voltage.
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A priori, these two components need not be separable : a single globalconformationalchangemight accomplish both changes.
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In the absence of calcium, cadherins undergo aconformationalchangeand are rapidly degraded.
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The resulting large, local change in the electrostatic field induces a transientconformationalchangein the voltage-sensitive channels.
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The signature of aconformationalchangein the spectrum can then be used to detect and define transient conformational states of a protein.
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Work with cysteine substitution has helped to define the nature of theconformationalchangeat the extracellular mouth.
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In this configuration, the permease undergoes a freely reversibleconformationalchangethat corresponds to translocation of the ternary complex.
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We find that coupled folding orconformationalchangein some form contributes to almost all protein-nucleic acid recognition events in solution.
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The long neck works as a (semi-)rigid lever arm that amplifies the smallconformationalchangein the motor domain into a large movement.
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There appears to be universal agreement that some sort ofconformationalchangein the hammerhead ribozyme structure must take place for catalysis to occur.
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Additional folding andconformationalchangeare processes which are unfavourable in terms of free energy of uncomplexed proteins.
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It is also possible that theconformationalchangeis minor, as in the case of g-crystallin mutations.
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Note theconformationalchangeoccurring in the receptor on tetraloop binding.
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Indirect effects can be the changing membrane potential or any perturbation that causesconformationalchange, which can change intermolecular forces between proteins.
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In any case, this initial binding is followed by a rapidconformationalchangethat allows the ring opening to occur.
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The anticodon loop undergoes aconformationalchangeas well.
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Moreover, the sub-structure will always undergo some form ofconformationalchangebecause of its incorporation into the larger structure.
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Because the membrane is fluid, it provides only ineffective reaction toconformationalchangein an embedded protein molecule.
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Anatomy of aconformationalchange: hinged 'lid' motion of the triosephosphate isomerase loop.
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