Effects of molecular crowding by saccharides on α-chymotrypsin dimerization

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 997-1003

  Patel, Chetan N ^a   Noble, Schroeder M ^b   Weatherly, Gresham T ^a   Tripathy, Ashutosh ^b   Winzor, Donald J ^c   Pielak, Gary J ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Chymotrypsin; Molecular crowding

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C PEROXIDASE; DIMER; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; LYSOZYME; RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHYMOTRYPSIN; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE;

PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0036229444     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4450102     Document Type: Article

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