Folding intermediates of wild-type and mutants of barnase. I. Use of Φ-value analysis and m-values to probe the cooperative nature of the folding pre-equilibrium

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 625-646

  Dalby, Paul A ^a   Oliveberg, Mikael ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^a  

^a MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barnase; Energy landscape; Intermediate; Protein folding; values

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032570532     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1546     Document Type: Article

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