Reversible switching from a three- To a nine-fold degenerate dynamic slider-on-deck through catenation

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Two dynamic slider-on-deck assemblies, i.e. a two-component threefold degenerate (k298 = 34.9 kHz) and a catenated three-component ninefold degenerate (k298 = 27.9 kHz) system, were quantitatively interconverted. Inspection of their computed structures revealed an allosteric effect on the sliding rates due to the spatial interaction between the components. This journal is

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