Universal protein misfolding intermediates can bypass the proteostasis network and remain soluble and less-functional
D. A. Nissley, Y. Jiang, F. Trovato, I. Sitarik, K. Narayan, P. To, Y. Xia, S. D. Fried, E. P. O'Brien
The paper shows that misfolded proteins can bypass proteostasis by being structurally similar to native states and persisting for long periods.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2021Biochemistry