Structure of the β2 homodimer of bacterial luciferase from Vibrio harveyi: X-ray analysis of a kinetic protein folding trap

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Thoden, James B ^a   Holden, Hazel M ^a   Fisher, Andrew J ^a   Sinclair, James F ^b,c   Wesenberg, Gary ^a   Baldwin, Thomas O ^b   Rayment, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial luciferase; bioluminescence; protein folding; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; VIBRIO HARVEYI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031032079     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060103     Document Type: Article

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