Change of thermal stability of colicin E7 triggered by acidic pH suggests the existence of unfolded intermediate during the membrane- translocation phase

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Chak, Kin Fu ^a   Hsieh, Shih Yang ^a,b   Liao, Chen Chung ^a   Kan, Lou Sing ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CD spectrum; Chromatography; Colicin E7; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; FORMAMIDE; GUANIDINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; COLICINS; HEATING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032125611     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980701)32:1<17::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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