Alkistis Mitropoulou

Abstract The ribosome biases the conformations sampled by nascent polypeptide chains along folding pathways toward biologically active states. A hallmark of the cotranslational folding (coTF) of many proteins constitutes highly stable folding intermediates that are absent or only transiently populated off the ribosome, yet persist during translation well beyond complete emergence of the domain from the ribosome exit tunnel.

Abstract The ribosome biases the conformations sampled by nascent polypeptide chains along folding pathways towards biologically active states. A hallmark of the co-translational folding (coTF) of many proteins are highly stable folding intermediates that are absent or only transiently populated off the ribosome, yet persist during translation well-beyond complete emergence of the domain from the ribosome exit tunnel.

Abstract During their vectorial biosynthesis on the ribosome, elongating nascent polypeptide chains explore a range of conformational states towards their biologically functional structure. However, this high structural heterogeneity has limited their observation at high-resolution. Here, we have used an integrated structural biology approach to explore the structures of the multi-domain immunoglobulin-like FLN5-6 during its biosynthesis, capturing early folding through to native folding.