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Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
The Arc repressor is a small, homodimeric protein. Studies of mutant proteins show that the side chains that form the hydrophobic core are the most important determinants of structure. A variety of hydrogen bonds and salt bridges also contribute to stabilization of the native structure, but these can often be replaced by hydrophobic interactions. The transition state for folding/unfolding is dimeric and contains a large amount of buried hydrophobic surface, but the beta-sheet of native Arc is not formed. Moreover, relatively little side chain information appears to be used in the transition state, suggesting that tight packing of the hydrophobic core and optimization of hydrogen-bond geometry are events that occur later in folding.
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