"Protein" no longer means what it used to

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Parisi, Gustavo Daniel; Palopoli, Nicolás; Tosatto, Silvio C. E.; Fornasari, Maria Silvina; Tompa, Peter
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2021
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Every biologist knows that the word protein describes a group of macromolecules essential to sustain life on Earth. As biologists, we are invariably trained under a protein paradigm established since the early twentieth century. However, in recent years, the term protein unveiled itself as an euphemism to describe the overwhelming heterogeneity of these compounds. Most of our current studies are targeted on carefully selected subsets of proteins, but we tend to think and write about these as representative of the whole population. Here we discuss how seeking for universal definitions and general rules in any arbitrarily segmented study would be misleading about the conclusions. Of course, it is not our purpose to discourage the use of the word protein. Instead, we suggest to embrace the extended universe of proteins to reach a deeper understanding of their full potential, realizing that the term encompasses a group of molecules very heterogeneous in terms of size, shape, chemistry and functions, i.e. the term protein no longer means what it used to.
Fil: Parisi, Gustavo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Palopoli, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Tosatto, Silvio C. E.. Università di Padova; Italia
Fil: Fornasari, Maria Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Tompa, Peter. Vrije Unviversiteit Brussel; Bélgica. Research Centre for Natural Sciences. Institute of Enzymology; Hungría
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PROTEIN TYPES
NATIVE STATE
HETEROGENEITY
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title "Protein" no longer means what it used to
spellingShingle "Protein" no longer means what it used to
Parisi, Gustavo Daniel
PROTEIN TYPES
NATIVE STATE
HETEROGENEITY
title_short "Protein" no longer means what it used to
title_full "Protein" no longer means what it used to
title_fullStr "Protein" no longer means what it used to
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Parisi, Gustavo Daniel
Palopoli, Nicolás
Tosatto, Silvio C. E.
Fornasari, Maria Silvina
Tompa, Peter
author Parisi, Gustavo Daniel
author_facet Parisi, Gustavo Daniel
Palopoli, Nicolás
Tosatto, Silvio C. E.
Fornasari, Maria Silvina
Tompa, Peter
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Tosatto, Silvio C. E.
Fornasari, Maria Silvina
Tompa, Peter
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NATIVE STATE
HETEROGENEITY
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NATIVE STATE
HETEROGENEITY
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Every biologist knows that the word protein describes a group of macromolecules essential to sustain life on Earth. As biologists, we are invariably trained under a protein paradigm established since the early twentieth century. However, in recent years, the term protein unveiled itself as an euphemism to describe the overwhelming heterogeneity of these compounds. Most of our current studies are targeted on carefully selected subsets of proteins, but we tend to think and write about these as representative of the whole population. Here we discuss how seeking for universal definitions and general rules in any arbitrarily segmented study would be misleading about the conclusions. Of course, it is not our purpose to discourage the use of the word protein. Instead, we suggest to embrace the extended universe of proteins to reach a deeper understanding of their full potential, realizing that the term encompasses a group of molecules very heterogeneous in terms of size, shape, chemistry and functions, i.e. the term protein no longer means what it used to.
Fil: Parisi, Gustavo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Palopoli, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Tosatto, Silvio C. E.. Università di Padova; Italia
Fil: Fornasari, Maria Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina
Fil: Tompa, Peter. Vrije Unviversiteit Brussel; Bélgica. Research Centre for Natural Sciences. Institute of Enzymology; Hungría
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