The C-terminal domain of cartilage matrix protein assembles into a triple-stranded α-helical coiled-coil structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 909-923

  Beck, Konrad ^a   Gambee, Jay E ^a   Bohan, Cynthia A ^a   Bächinger, Hans Peter ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Heptad repeats; Leucine zipper; Protein folding; helix stability

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; MATRIX PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029969360     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0137     Document Type: Article

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