Conformational flexibility of α-lactalbumin related to its membrane binding capacity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1072-1086

  Halskau, Øyvind ^a   Underhaug, Jarl ^a   Frøystein, Nils Åge ^a   Martínez, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Membrane binding; Molten globule; Surfactants; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ACIDITY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICELLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 20344374426     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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