Role of the C-terminal chain in human interferonγ stability: An electrostatic study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-133

  Altobelli, Gioia ^a   Nacheva, Genoveva ^b   Todorova, Kristina ^b   Ivanov, Ivan ^b   Karshikoff, Andrey ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Electrostatic interactions; Ionization equilibria; Mutagenesis; Proteins

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; PROTON; SOLVENT; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCLUSION BODIES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035342463     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20010501)43:2<125::AID-PROT1024>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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