Identifying the structural boundaries of independent folding domains in the α subunit of tryptophan synthase, a β/α barrel protein

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1200-1209

  Zitzewitz, Jill A ^a   Gualfetti, Peter J ^a   Perkons, Ieva A ^a   Wasta, Stacey A ^a   Matthews, C Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous folding unit; Circular dichroism; Equilibrium intermediates; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein folding; Protein fragments; Residual structure

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0033060003     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1200     Document Type: Article

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