Thermostabilization of Ovalbumin by an Alkaline Treatment: Examination for the Possible Implications of an Altered Serpin Loop Structure

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 830-837

  Yamamoto, Hiroko ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamasaki, Masayuki ^a   Arii, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Hirose, Masaaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loop insertion; Ovalbumin; S ovalbumin; Serpin

Indexed keywords

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

ALKALI; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; S OVALBUMIN; S-OVALBUMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKALIES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERPINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042821588     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.830     Document Type: Article

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