Biphasic reductive unfolding of ribonuclease A is temperature dependent

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5314-5322

  Yan, Yong Bin ^a   Zhang, Ri Qing ^a   Zhou, Hai Meng ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Proton nuclear magnetic resonance; Reductive unfolding; Thermal unfolding; Unfolding kinetics

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PHOSPHATE; REAGENT; RIBONUCLEASE A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENATURATION; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENTROPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PANCREAS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REDUCING AGENTS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; TEMPERATURE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0036430012     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03251.x     Document Type: Article

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