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The rate of this process is graphed against denaturant concentration on a chevron plot. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this process in which a protein acquires a three-dimensional structure.
ANSWER: protein folding
[10m] GroEL, a protein in this family, was found to decrease the rate of protein folding in a study by Jewett and Shea. This class of heat shock proteins provides an isolated environment for proteins to fold.
ANSWER: molecular chaperones [or chaperonins]
[10h] According to this statement, it would take an incredibly large amount of time for proteins to fold if the process was random. This statement is explained by protein folding being done through an energy funnel.
ANSWER: Levinthal’s paradox
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