Acid and thermal unfolding of Escherichia coli dihyrdrofolate reductase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 946-953

  Ohmae, Eiji ^a   Kurumiya, Toshiyuki ^b   Makino, Shio ^b   Gekko, Kunihiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid unfolding; Dihydrofolate reductase; Intermediate; Molten globule; Thermal unfolding

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029847060     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021511     Document Type: Article

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