Kinetic studies of unfolding process of aspergillopepsin II by pH-jump methods

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-750

  Maeda, Masahiro ^a,f   Takeuchi, Kayoko ^a   Kojima, Masaki ^a   Tanokura, Masaru ^b   Kimura, Kazumoto ^c   Amemiya, Yoshiyuki ^d   Kihara, Hiroshi ^e   Takahashi, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillopepsin II; Circular dichroism; pH induced unfolding; Polypeptide dissociation; Protein folding intermediate; Small angle X ray scattering; Stopped flow

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOPEPSIN II; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME KINETICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0037436311     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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