Mutational analysis of the BPTI folding pathway: I. Effects of aromatic → leucine substitutions on the distribution of folding intermediates

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1549-1562

  Zhang, Jian Xin ^a,b   Goldenberg, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic residues; Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor; Conformational funnels; Disulfide bonds; Hydrophobic residues; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; DISULFIDE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0030818792     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060719     Document Type: Article

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