Pressure-induced unfolding of the molten globule of all-Ala α-lactalbumin

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-72

  Lassalle, Michael W ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Yamada, Hiroaki ^a   Akasaka, Kazuyuki ^b   Redfield, Christina ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; All Ala lactalbumin; High pressure NMR; Molten globule; Partial molar volume; Pressure unfolding, heat and cold denaturation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ALANINE; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PRESSURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037216486     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0221303     Document Type: Article

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