The progressive development of structure and stability during the equilibrium folding of the α subunit of tryptophan synthase from Escherichia coli

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1623-1635

  Gualfetti, Peter J ^a   Bilsel, Osman ^a   Matthews, C Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Circular dichroism; Fluorescence; Singular value decomposition; Stable folding intermediates

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; TYROSINE; UREA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALPHA CHAIN; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032813944     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.8.1623     Document Type: Article

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