Designing heterodimeric two-stranded β-helical coiled-coils: The effect of chain length on protein folding, stability and specificity

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 477-492

  Litowski, J R ^a,b   Hodges, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Chain length; De novo design; Heterodimeric coiled coil; Specificity; Stability

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION; DISULFIDE BOND; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; GUANIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 0035715173     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2001.10972.x     Document Type: Article

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