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Signal transduction via unstructured protein conduits

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Signaling via phosphorylation-regulated protein-protein interactions often involves flexible or unstructured proteins. Detailed biophysical and computational studies on one such interaction reveal a marvelously intricate, temporally regulated, multistep conduit for signal transduction in the cell cycle.

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Figure 1: The p27Kip1 signaling conduit.

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Dunker, A., Uversky, V. Signal transduction via unstructured protein conduits. Nat Chem Biol 4, 229–230 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0408-229

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