Trifluoroethanol-induced unfolding of concanavalin A: Equilibrium and time-resolved optical spectroscopic studies

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7976-7987

  Xu, Qi ^a   Keiderling, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONFORMATIONS; DIMERS; DISSOCIATION; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD); CONCANAVALIN A (CON A); TETRAMERS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL (TFE);

PROTEINS;

CONCANAVALIN A; DIMER; LECTIN; TETRAMER; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISSOCIATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECTRUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMERIZATION; HEAT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 20144372470     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050003u     Document Type: Article

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