Folding mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c551: Role of electrostatic interactions on the hydrophobic collapse and transition state properties

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1459-1467

  Travaglini Allocatelli, Carlo ^a   Cutruzzolà, Francesca ^a   Bigotti, Maria Giulia ^a   Staniforth, Rosemary A ^a   Brunori, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burst phase; Folding kinetics; pH effect; Transition state

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IRON; LYSINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; HORSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033603397     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2852     Document Type: Article

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