Time-resolved fluorescence study of azurin variants: Conformational heterogeneity and tryptophan mobility

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2441-2450

  Kroes, Sandra J ^a   Canters, Gerard W ^a   Gilardi, Gianfranco ^b   Van Hoek, Arie ^c   Visser, Antonie J W G ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; COPPER; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COPPER METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 0031723404     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77688-X     Document Type: Article

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