The slow folding reaction of barstar: The core tryptophan region attains tight packing before substantial secondary and tertiary structure formation and final compaction of the polypeptide chain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 479-495

  Sridevi, K ^a,b   Juneja, Juhi ^a   Bhuyan, Abani K ^a,c   Krishnamoorthy, G ^b   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Barstar; Core packing; Protein folding; Rotational correlation time; Time resolved fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DYE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BARSTAR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0034665642     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4060     Document Type: Article

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