Structural determinants of protein stabilization by solutes: The importance of the hairpin loop in rubredoxins

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 999-1011

  Pais, Tiago M ^a   Lamosa, Pedro ^a   Dos Santos, Wagner ^a   Legall, Jean ^a,b   Turner, David L ^a,c   Santos, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Hairpin structure; NMR; Rubredoxin; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

GLYCERIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; IRON; RUBREDOXIN;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALF LIFE TIME; IRON KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; HEAT; KINETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RUBREDOXINS;

EID: 14044252066     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04534.x     Document Type: Article

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