Insights into thermal resistance of proteins from the intrinsic stability of their α-helices

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-320

  Petukhov, Michael ^a,b,d   Kil, Yuri ^b   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^c   Lanzov, Vladislav ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

helix stability; Aspartate aminotransferases; L lactate dehydrogenases; Protein thermostability; RecA protein family; Seryl tRNA synthetases

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAT TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ENERGY TRANSFER; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE-TRNA LIGASE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030781507     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199711)29:3<309::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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