BiophysicsbioRxivPreprint
Conformational catalysis of cataract-associated aggregation in a human eye lens crystallin occurs via interface stealing.
Eugene Serebryany, William M. Jacobs, Rostam M. Razban, Eugene I. Shakhnovich
This study reveals that wild-type HγD accelerates aggregation of the cataract-related W42Q variant through a mechanism called interface stealing, where intermolecular domain interactions outcompete native intramolecular stabilization.
DOI 10.1101/601708