Cosolvent-assisted oxidative folding of a bicyclic α-conotoxin ImI

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Nielsen, Jacob S ^a   Buczek, Pawel ^a   Bulaj, Grzegorz ^a  

^a Cognetix Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Cosolvent assisted folding; Disulfide bond formation; Oxidative folding

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; 4 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPHA CONOTOXIN IMI; CONOTOXIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; CYSTEINE; METHANOL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SNAIL VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONOTOXINS; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SNAILS;

CONUS IMPERIALIS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 2342493377     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.531     Document Type: Article

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