Comparison of protein fragments identified by limited proteolysis and by computational cutting of proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1753-1770

  Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   De Laureto, Patrizia Polverino ^b   Fontana, Angelo ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Folding intermediates; Limited proteolysis; Protein anatomy; Protein flexibility; Protein folding; Protein fragments

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; APOMYOGLOBIN; CYTOCHROME C; RIBONUCLEASE A; THERMOLYSIN; APOPROTEIN; LACTALBUMIN; MYOGLOBIN; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

APOPROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LACTALBUMIN; MYOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; THERMOLYSIN;

EID: 0036084260     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4100102     Document Type: Article

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