Local and global cooperativity in the human α-lactalbumin molten globule

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Quezada, Cindy M ^a,d   Schulman, Brenda A ^b,e   Froggatt, Joanna J ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^c   Redfield, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

4 SS LA, LA containing the four native disulfide bonds; Human lactalbumin; Molten globule state; NMR; Proline mutagenesis; Protein folding; LA, human lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; DISULFIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 1842526103     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.045     Document Type: Article

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