Least activation path for protein folding: Investigation of staphylococcal nuclease folding by stopped-flow circular dichroism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2539-2544

  Su, Z D ^a   Arooz, M T ^a   Chen, H M ^a   Gross, Carol J ^a,b   Tsong, T Y ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

activation barriers; compact unfolded state; hydrophobic condensation; kinetic pathways

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; GUANIDINE; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029975983     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.6.2539     Document Type: Article

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