Folding of the disulfide-bonded β-sheet protein tendamistat: Rapid two-state folding without hydrophobic collapse

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 526-538

  Schönbrunner, Nancy ^a   Koller, Klaus Peter ^b   Kiefhaber, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Folding kinetics; Hydrophobic collapse; Prolyl isomerization; Protein folding; Two state folding

Indexed keywords

TENDAMISTAT;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERISM; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038933138     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0960     Document Type: Article

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