D/H amide kinetic isotope effects reveal when hydrogen bonds form during protein folding

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-71

  Krantz, Bryan A ^a   Moran, Liam B ^a,b   Kentsis, Alex ^a,c   Sosnick, Tobin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DEUTERIUM; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMIDES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DEUTERIUM; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROLINE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; UBIQUITINS; WATER;

EID: 0033986637     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/71265     Document Type: Article

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