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Katherine E. DaPron

University of Colorado BoulderORCID 0000-0002-0535-3898Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintJan 1, 2026

A Type III secretion system effector evolved to be mechanically labile and initiate unfolding from the N-terminus.

Katherine E. DaPron, Alexandre M. Plastow, Morgan R. Fink…·Marcelo Carlos Sousa

This paper shows that effector proteins are mechanically labile, unfolding from the N-terminus, which facilitates their secretion via the Type III secretion system.

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protein structurebiophysical modeling