Pressure effects on the structure of oligomeric proteins prior to subunit dissociation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 789-799

  Cioni, Patrizia ^a   Strambini, Giovanni B ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformational drift; High pressure; Protein flexibility; Subunit dissociation; Tryptophan phosphorescence

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; LIVER ENZYME; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELASTICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HORSE; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030589135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0616     Document Type: Article

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