A protein folding intermediate of ribonuclease T characterized at high resolution by 1D and 2D real-time NMR spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 829-842

  Balbach, Jochen ^a   Steegborn, Clemens ^a   Schindler, Thomas ^a   Schmid, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Proline isomerisation; Protein folding; Protein folding intermediate; Real time NMR spectroscopy; Ribonuclease T1

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; PROLINE; RIBONUCLEASE T1; TYROSINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; DISULFIDE BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0033555681     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2364     Document Type: Article

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