Water and urea interactions with the native and unfolded forms of a β-barrel protein

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2768-2781

  Modig, Kristofer ^a   Kurian, Elizabeth ^a,b   Prendergast, Franklyn G ^b   Halle, Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid binding protein; Magnetic relaxation dispersion; Protein denaturation; Solvent exchange; Urea

Indexed keywords

BETA BARREL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; DENATURATION; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLVATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; UREA; WATER;

EID: 0345708214     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03262603     Document Type: Article

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