Crystal structures of two mutants that have implications for the folding of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1255-1258

  Pearson, Matthew A ^a   Karplus, P Andrew ^a   Dodge, Robert W ^a   Laity, John H ^a   Scheraga, Harold A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis trans isomerization; Crystal structures of RNase A variants; Disorder; X Pro and X Ala peptide groups

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; ENZYME VARIANT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PROLINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIS ISOMER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031808084     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070522     Document Type: Article

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