A widespread protein misfolding mechanism is differentially rescued by chaperones based on gene essentiality
Ian M. Sitarik, Quyen V. Vu, Justin Petucci, Pilar Frutos, Hyebin Song, Edward P. O’Brien
The paper identifies a widespread protein misfolding mechanism involving non-covalent lasso entanglement (NCLE) and shows that chaperones rescue it more effectively for essential proteins.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics