The burst-phase intermediate in the refolding of β-lactoglobulin studied by stopped-flow circular dichroism and absorption spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 806-822

  Kuwajima, Kunihiro ^a,b   Yamaya, Hidetoshi ^a,c   Sugai, Shintaro ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Folding intermediate; Protein folding; Stopped flow; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GUANIDINE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0030582679     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0678     Document Type: Article

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