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protein stability
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the relative favorability of the active structure
the active structure is usually not that much stable than inactive ones so a few mutations will make it not able to fold and can cause disease b/c they dont have a unique and useful structure |
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characteristics of unfolded proteins
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fluctuate between different conformations
many phobic groups exposed to solvent polar groups H bond with water |
