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Structural biology

the puzzle that a protein could never find its native fold by random search of all conformations in a biological time, implying folding follows pathways.

In structural biology, Levinthal's paradox refers to the puzzle that a protein could never find its native fold by random search of all conformations in a biological time, implying folding follows pathways. This meaning comes from Levinthal (1968) in Journal de Chimie Physique.[1]

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References

Levinthal, C. (1968). Are there pathways for protein folding? Journal de Chimie Physique, 65, 44-45. https://doi.org/10.1051/jcp/1968650044

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