Role of heme axial ligands in the conformational stability of the native and molten globule states of horse cytochrome c

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-186

  Hamada, Daizo ^a   Kuroda, Yutaka ^b   Kataoka, Mikio ^a   Aimoto, Saburo ^a   Yoshimura, Tetsuro ^c   Goto, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Heme; Molten globule; Porphyrin cytochrome c; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ANION; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; IRON;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029863253     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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