Conformation, stability, and active-site cysteine titrations of Escherichia coli D26A thioredoxin probed by Raman spectroscopy

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-200

  Vohník, Stanislav ^a   Hanson, Chad ^b   Tuma, Roman ^a   Fuchs, James A ^b   Woodward, Clare ^b   Thomas Jr , George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; PK(a); Raman spectra; Structure; Thiol; Thiolate; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031939707     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070120     Document Type: Article

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