Exploring the kinetic requirements for enhancement of protein folding rates in the GroEL cavity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 627-644

  Betancourt, Marcos R ^a   Thirumalai, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Anfinsen cage; Chaperonin; Iterative annealing mechanism; Kinetic partitioning; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033515436     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2591     Document Type: Article

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