Contribution of disulfide bonds to the conformational stability and catalytic activity of ribonuclease A

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 566-572

  Klink, Tony A ^a   Woycechowsky, Kenneth J ^a   Taylor, Kimberly M ^a   Raines, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational stability; Differential scanning calorimetry; Disulfide bond; Enzyme; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATTLE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0000497918     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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