Disabling the folding catalyst is the last critical step in α-lytic protease folding

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-331

  Cunningham, Erin L ^a   Agard, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lytic protease; Degradation; Pro region; Protein folding; Secondary cleavage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642575370     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03389704     Document Type: Article

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