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a protein complex in which one partner stays partly disordered in the bound state, so structural heterogeneity is part of how it works.

In biophysics, fuzzy complex refers to a protein complex in which one partner stays partly disordered in the bound state, so structural heterogeneity is part of how it works. This meaning comes from Tompa (2008) in Trends in Biochemical Sciences.[1]

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Tompa, P., & Fuxreiter, M. (2008). Fuzzy complexes: polymorphism and structural disorder in protein–protein interactions. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 33(1), 2-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2007.10.003

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