Two partially unfolded states of Torpedo californica acetylcholinesterase

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1852-1864

  Kreimer, David I ^a,c   Shin, Irina ^a   Shnyrov, Valery L ^b   Villar, Enrique ^b   Silman, Israel ^a   Weiner, Lev ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; differential scanning calorimetry; guanidine hydrochloride; molten globule; protein folding; thiol disulfide exchange

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0029838140     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050911     Document Type: Article

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