Crystal structure of the disulfide bond-deficient azurin mutant C3A/C26A how important is the S-S bond for folding and stability?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4511-4519

  Bonander, Nicklas ^a   Leckner, Johan ^a   Guo, Hongwei ^a   Karlsson, B Göran ^a   Sjölin, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azurin mutant; Crystal structure; Disulfide bond; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AZURIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC;

EID: 0001498695     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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