Membrane-bound states of α-lactalbumin: Implications for the protein stability and conformation

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1394-1405

  Cawthern, Kevin M ^a,b   Permyakov, Eugene ^a,c   Berliner, Lawrence J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

fluorescence; lactose synthase; membranes; molten globule; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EGTAZIC ACID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0030014802     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050718     Document Type: Article

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