Effects of maturation on the conformational free-energy landscape of SOD1 [Biophysics and Computational Biology]

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating fatal syndrome characterized by very rapid degeneration of motor neurons. A leading hypothesis is that ALS is caused by toxic protein misfolding and aggregation, as also occurs in many other neurodegenerative disorders, such as prion, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. A prominent cause...

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