Highly divergent dihydrofolate reductases conserve complex folding mechanisms

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-211

  Wallace, Louise A ^a   Robert Matthews, C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding mechanism; Homologous proteins; Parallel channels

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; CYCLOPHILIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; METHOTREXATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0036289101     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5230     Document Type: Article

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