Thermal stability of pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidases from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3233-3242

  Ogasahara, Kyoko ^b   Khechinashvili, Nikolay N ^a,b   Nakamura, Mamoru ^b   Yoshimoto, Tadashi ^c   Yutani, Katsuhide ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association; Calorimetry; Hyperthermophile; Pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE; DIMER; DISULFIDE; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; CATALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0034851610     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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