Analysis of a water mediated protein-protein interactions within RNase T1

Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 6586-6593

  Langhorst, Ulrike ^a   Backmann, Jan ^a   Loris, Remy ^a   Steyaert, Jan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE T1; SOLVENT; THREONINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLVATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE T1; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA; WATER;

EID: 0034612327     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi992131m     Document Type: Article

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