Hierarchical unfolding of the α-lactalbumin molten globule: Presence of a compact intermediate without a unique tertiary fold

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Chakraborty, Suroopa ^a   Peng, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Disulfide exchange; Molten globule; Protein folding; Lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; DISULFIDE; GUANIDINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENATURATION; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034696753     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3660     Document Type: Article

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