Chain length is the main determinant of the folding rate for proteins with three-state folding kinetics

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-166

  Galzitskaya, Oxana V ^a   Garbuzynskiy, Sergiy O ^a   Ivankov, Dmitry N ^a   Finkelstein, Alexei V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Contact order; Folding nucleus; Protein folding kinetics; Protein size; Protein topology; Rate of folding; Three state kinetics; Transition state; Two state kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; APOMYOGLOBIN; BARNASE; BARSTAR; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; COLICIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; CYTOCHROME B; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FODRIN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; RIBONUCLEASE; TENASCIN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; UBIQUITIN; VILLIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION;

KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 0037402639     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10343     Document Type: Article

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