The Folding Pathway of Barnase: The Rate-Limiting Transition State and A Hidden Intermediate under Native Conditions

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3346-3356

  Vu, Ngoc Diep ^a   Feng, Hanqiao ^a   Bai, Yawen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS; RATE CONSTANTS;

DENATURATION; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BARNASE; CYTOCHROME C; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENATURATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; GLYCINE; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS; RIBONUCLEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 1642307617     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0362267     Document Type: Article

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