A specific C-terminal deletion in tropomyosin results in a stronger head-to-tail interaction and increased polymerization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 589-600

  Paulucci, Adriana A ^a   Katsuyama, Angela M ^a   Sousa, Aurea D ^a,b   Farah, Chuck S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Head to tail interaction; Protein folding; Protein polymerization; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENE INTERACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TROPOMYOSIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0842330589     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2003.03961.x     Document Type: Article

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