Nicked apomyoglobin: A noncovalent complex of two polypeptide fragments comprising the entire protein chain

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6230-6240

  Musi, Valeria ^a   Spolaore, Barbara ^a   Picotti, Paola ^a   Zambonin, Marcello ^a   De Filippis, Vincenzo ^a   Fontana, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DYES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PH EFFECTS; POLYPEPTIDES;

APOMYOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE BONDS;

PROTEINS;

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; APOMYOGLOBIN; HEME; POLYPEPTIDE; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL BOND; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HORSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOCARDIUM; MYOGLOBIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMOLYSIN;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 2442695377     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0400103     Document Type: Article

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