Fine structure analysis of a protein folding transition state; distinguishing between hydrophobic stabilization and specific packing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 693-705

  Anil, Burcu ^a   Sato, Satoshi ^a,b   Cho, Jae Hyun ^a   Raleigh, Daniel P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Protein folding; Ribosomal protein L9; Transition state; Unnatural amino acids; values

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744452242     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.054     Document Type: Article

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