Structural characterization of the pressure-denatured state and unfolding/refolding kinetics of staphylococcal nuclease by synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 389-402

  Panick, Gunda ^a   Malessa, Ralf ^a   Winter, Roland ^a   Rapp, Gert ^b   Frye, Kelly J ^c   Royer, Catherine A ^d  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

FT IR; High pressure; Protein folding; SAXS; Staphylococcal nuclease

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032536156     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1454     Document Type: Article

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