Identification of local carboxy-terminal hydrophobic interactions essential for folding or stability of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 878-888

  Van Der Schweren, J ^a   Robben, J ^a   Goossens, K ^b   Heremans, K ^b   Volckaert, G ^a  

^a LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FT IR analysis; Inclusion bodies; Protein folding; Protein stability; Site specific mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INCLUSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029875983     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0134     Document Type: Article

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