Stability of a 24-meric homopolymer: Comparative studies of assembly-defective mutants of Rhodobacter capsulatus bacterioferritin and the native protein

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1663-1674

  Kilic, Mehmet A ^a,b   Spiro, Stephen ^a   Moore, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterioferritin; Denaturation; Oligomer; Subunit dimer; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOFERRITIN; BIOPOLYMER; CYTOCHROME B; FERRITIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FERRITINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0041341886     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0301903     Document Type: Article

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