Probing the conformational state of apomyoglobin by limited proteolysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Fontana, Angelo ^a   Zambonin, Marcello ^a   Polverino De Laureto, Patrizia ^a   De Filippis, Vincenzo ^a   Clementi, Angelica ^a   Scaramella, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Limited proteolysis; Mass spectrometry; Protein dynamics; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; MYOGLOBIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031581883     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0787     Document Type: Editorial

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