Protein topology affects the appearance of intermediates during the folding of proteins with a flavodoxin-like fold

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 181-189

  Bollen, Yves J M ^a,b   Van Mierlo, Carlo P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CheY; Cutinase; Flavodoxin; Folding intermediate; Protein folding; Topology

Indexed keywords

APOFLAVODOXIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CUTINASE; FLAVODOXIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHEY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; FUSARIUM SOLANI; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ANABAENA; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 17144415198     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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