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The Energy Landscape Perspective: Encoding Structure and Function for Biomolecules

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FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.820792

Keywords

energy landscapes; multiple functions; biomolecules; folding; disorder; structural heterogeneity

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  1. Cambridge Philosophical Society
  2. EPSRC [EP/N035003/1]

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This paper discusses the energy landscape perspective and biomolecules with multiple functions. Understanding the organization of the energy landscape provides new insights into function. Conformational selection and induced fit may serve as alternative routes to achieve multifunctionality.
The energy landscape perspective is outlined with particular reference to biomolecules that perform multiple functions. We associate these multifunctional molecules with multifunnel energy landscapes, illustrated by some selected examples, where understanding the organisation of the landscape has provided new insight into function. Conformational selection and induced fit may provide alternative routes to realisation of multifunctionality, exploiting the possibility of environmental control and distinct binding modes.

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