Fast and faster: A designed variant of the B-domain of protein A folds in 3 μsec

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 847-853

  Arora, Pooja ^a   Oas, Terrence G ^a   Myers, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturant; Dynamic NMR; Helix propensity; Mutation; Rapid protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCINE; PROTEIN A;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN DOMAIN B; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

TRIXIS;

EID: 1842454986     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03541304     Document Type: Article

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