Folding mechanism of indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase from Sulfolobus solfataricus: A test of the conservation of folding mechanisms hypothesis in (βα)8 barrels

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 320, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1119-1133

  Forsyth, William R ^a   Matthews, C Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved folding mechanisms; TIM barrel

Indexed keywords

DIMER; INDOLE 3 GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; TYROSINE; UREA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENATURATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0036071577     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00557-0     Document Type: Article

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