Group additive contributions to the alcohol-induced α-helix formation of melittin: Implication for the mechanism of the alcohol effects on proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-378

  Hirota, Nami ^a   Mizuno, Kazuko ^b   Goto, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hexafluoroisopropanol; Melittin; Protein folding; helix

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKANOL; BEE VENOM; HALOGEN; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL GROUP; MELITTIN; PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0032536194     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1468     Document Type: Article

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