Thermal stability of hydrophobic heme pocket variants of oxidized cytochrome c

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2645-2654

  Liggins, John R ^a,c   Lo, Terence P ^b,d   Brayer, Gary D ^b   Nall, Barry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free energy; Iso 1 cytochrome c; Protein folding; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ENZYME VARIANT; HEME; ISOENZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033406008     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.12.2645     Document Type: Article

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