Comparison of the folding processes of distantly related proteins. Importance of hydrophobic content in folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 577-591

  Calloni, Giulia ^a   Taddei, Niccolò ^a   Plaxco, Kevin W ^b   Ramponi, Giampietro ^a   Stefani, Massimo ^a   Chiti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylphosphatase; Evolution; Folding; Hydrophobicity; Topology

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ACYLPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN HYPF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038047129     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00627-2     Document Type: Article

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