An obligatory intermediate controls the folding of the α-subunit of tryptophan synthase, a TIM barrel protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 911-919

  Wintrode, Patrick L ^a   Rojsajjakul, Teerapat ^b   Vadrevu, Ramakrishna ^c   Matthews, C Robert ^c   Smith, David L ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen exchange; Mass spectrometry; Protein folding; TIM barrel; Tryptophan synthase

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; DEUTERIUM; PROTON; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; UREA;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 15244354756     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.064     Document Type: Article

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