A spectroscopic and calorimetric investigation on the thermal stability of the Cys3Ala/Cys26Ala azurin mutant

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1052-1063

  Guzzi, R ^a   Sportelli, Luigi ^a   La Rosa, C ^b   Milardi, D ^b   Grasso, D ^b   Verbeet, M Ph ^c   Canters, G W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BOND; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ROSA;

EID: 0032773241     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)76955-9     Document Type: Article

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