Formation of a denatured dimer limits the thermal stability of Arc repressor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 692-700

  Robinson, Clifford R ^a   Rentzeperis, Dionisios ^a   Silva, Jerson L ^b   Sauer, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Macromolecular recognition; Protein conformation; Protein folding; Subunit assembly; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031592933     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1342     Document Type: Article

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