Effects of organic solvents on protein structures: Observation of a structured helical core in hen egg-white lysozyme in aqueous dimethylsulfoxide

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 492-507

  Bhattacharjya, Surajit ^a   Balaram, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulfoxide; Folding intermediates; Lysozyme; Molten globules; Near UV circular dichroism; NMR; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LYSOZYME; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEUTERIUM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EGG WHITE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0030701981     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199712)29:4<492::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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