Urea promotes polyproline II helix formation: Implications for protein denatured states

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6269-6275

  Whittington, Shelly J ^a   Chellgren, Brian W ^a   Hermann, Veronique M ^a   Creamer, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONFORMATIONS; POLYMERS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BACKBONE STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD) SPECTROSCOPY; DENATURED PROTEINS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; POLYMERIC CHAINS;

UREA;

APOMYOGLOBIN; BETA CASEIN; DENATURED PROTEIN; EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COW; GEOMETRY; HEN; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; UREA;

EID: 17644422781     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050124u     Document Type: Article

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