Tryptophan phosphorescence signals characteristic changes in protein dynamics at physiological temperatures

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1435, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Tölgyesi, Ferenc ^a   Ullrich, Beáta ^a   Fidy, Judit ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Apoazurin; Liver alcohol dehydrogenase; Non Arrhenius temperature dependence; Water quenching; Crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; AZURIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0345103443     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00200-9     Document Type: Article

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