Strain in the folding nucleus of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2

Folding and Design

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Ladurner, Andreas G ^a   Itzhaki, Laura S ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Double mutant cycles; Nucleation site; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR 2; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALANINE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; GLYCINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031296703     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(97)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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