Non-functional conserved residues in globins and their possible role as a folding nucleus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 671-682

  Ptitsyn, Oleg B ^a,b   Ting, Kai Li H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conserved protein residues; Folding nucleation; Globins; Molten globule; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; GLOBIN; HEME;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033588067     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2920     Document Type: Article

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