Cytochrome c folding traps are not due solely to histidine-heme ligation: Direct demonstration of a role for N-terminal amino group-heme ligation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 719-724

  Hammack, Barbara ^a   Godbole, Shubhada ^a   Bowler, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Denatured state; Guanidine hydrochloride; Heme ligation; N terminal amino group; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME C; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HEME; HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0032488914     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1493     Document Type: Article

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