Modulation of the structural integrity of helix F in apomyoglobin by single amino acid replacements

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1572-1585

  Picotti, Paola ^a   Marabotti, Anna ^a,b   Negro, Alessandro ^a   Musi, Valeria ^a   Spolaore, Barbara ^a   Zambonin, Marcello ^a   Fontana, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b National Council of Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Circular dichroism; Limited proteolysis; Mass spectrometry; Protein dynamics; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APOMYOGLOBIN; GLYCINE; HISTIDYLGLUTAMYLALANYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLYSYLPROLYLLEUCYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLH ISTIDYLALANINE; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; PROTEINASE; THERMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPERM WHALE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHALE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WHALES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 2442672732     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04635304     Document Type: Article

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