A helix initiation signal in T4 lysozyme identified by polyalanine mutagenesis

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 101-102, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-56

  Zhang, Xue Jun ^b   Baase, Walter A ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Helix; Alanine scanning mutagenesis; Lysozyme; Phage T4; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 0043102513     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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