Distinct conformational stability and functional activity of four highly homologous endonuclease colicins

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1391-1401

  Van Den Bremer, Ewald T J ^a   Keeble, Anthony H ^b   Jiskoot, Wim ^a   Spelbrink, Robin E J ^a   Maier, Claudia S ^a   Van Hoek, Arie ^c   Visser, Antonie J W G ^c   James, Richard ^d   Moore, Geoffrey R ^e   Kleanthous, Colin ^b   Heck, Albert J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colicins; Conformational stability; Endonucleases; ESI MS; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; COLICIN; ENDONUCLEASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; COLICINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 11144356279     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03508204     Document Type: Article

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