Monitoring of unfolding of metallo-proteins by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 502-509

  Cunsolo, Vincenzo ^a   Foti, Salvatore ^a   La Rosa, Carmelo ^a   Saletti, Rosaria ^a   Canters, G W ^b   Verbeet, M Ph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Free energy; Metallo proteins; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION (ESI);

PROTEINS;

AMICYANIN; APOPROTEIN; AZURIN; COPPER DERIVATIVE; METALLOPROTEIN; METHANOL; WATER; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE;

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALLOPROTEINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC;

EID: 0038617465     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.460     Document Type: Article

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