Three topologically equivalent core residues affect the transition state ensemble in a protein folding reaction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 316, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 789-798

  Heidary, David K ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Folding kinetics; Interleukin 1 ; Protein folding; trefoil

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

LOTUS;

EID: 0036304410     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5270     Document Type: Article

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