Papaya glutamine cyclase, a plant enzyme highly resistant to proteolysis, adopts an all-β conformation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 214-222

  Oberg, Keith A ^a   Ruysschaert, Jean Marie ^a   Azarkan, Mohamed ^a   Smolders, Nicole ^a   Zerhouni, Samira ^a   Wintjens, René ^a   Amrani, Amina ^a   Looze, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Hydrogen deuterium exchange; Infrared spectroscopy; Limited proteolysis; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DEUTERIUM; ENZYME; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 0032533726     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580214.x     Document Type: Article

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