Resumen de The orderly chaos of proteins.

A. Keith Dunker, Richard W. Kriwacki

• The article discusses protein structure, including protein folding, and research by molecular biologists that suggests some types of proteins that exist in humans are partially or completely unstructured. According to the authors, a lack of protein folding was once viewed as a pathology. They note that a lack of folding does not necessarily hamper a protein's functionality and may be crucial to a protein's workings. Topics include the role that unstructured proteins may have played during evolution and how a better understanding of their true nature may lead to the design of novel drugs. INSETS: Order vs. Disorder;The Living Cell's Flexible Workers.