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Protein Structure
Amyloid Fibrils and Protein Aggregation
Description
Amyloid fibrils are protein aggregates with a very specific structure. They are made when proteins misfold and stick together in long, ordered fibers. This structure makes them different from many other protein clumps.
Amyloid fibrils are important in biology because they are linked to protein ag...
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Transcript
Las proteínas se pliegan en estructuras energéticamente favorables, con sus aminoácidos hidrofóbicos en el interior y sus aminoácidos cargados y polares en el exterior. Algunas proteínas se pliegan fácilmente por sí solas, pero muchas son guiadas para plegarse correctamente por proteínas llamadas chaperonas.
A veces, las proteínas se plie...
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