Conformational analysis of HAMLET, the folding variant of human α-lactalbumin associated with apoptosis

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1322-1330

  Casbarra, Annarita ^a   Birolo, Leila ^a   Infusini, Giuseppe ^a   Dal Piaz, Fabrizio ^a   Svensson, Malin ^b   Pucci, Piero ^a   Svanborg, Catharina ^b   Marino, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; Conformational analysis; H D exchange; HAMLET; Limited proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; DEUTERIUM; METAL; OLEIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LACTALBUMIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTONS;

EID: 1942441021     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03474704     Document Type: Article

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