protein folding
Type: process Aliases: folded folding protein conformation
Systems Analogy
The automated assembly of a flat blueprint sheet into a fully functional 3D machine component.
The physical process by which a polypeptide chain folds into its functional 3D conformation from its linear amino acid sequence.
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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions
- Book / MonographNelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"Folding is the physical process by which a polypeptide assumes its active structure."