A large compressibility change of protein induced by a single amino acid substitution

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 542-545

  Gekko, Kunihiko ^a   Tamura, Youjiro ^b   Ohmae, Eiji ^c   Hayashi, Hideyuki ^d   Kagamiyama, Hiroyuki ^d   Ueno, Hiroshi ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adiabatic compressibility; effect of mutation; globular proteins

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0029971560     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050319     Document Type: Article

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