Chemical denaturation of the elongation factor 1α isolated from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 719-726

  Granata, Vincenzo ^a   Graziano, Giuseppe ^b   Ruggiero, Alessia ^a   Raimo, Gennaro ^a,c   Masullo, Mariorosario ^a,d   Arcari, Paolo ^a   Vitagliano, Luigi ^e,f   Zagari, Adriana ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sui Peptidi Bioattivi (CIRPEB)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; UREA;

DENATURATION; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE (GUHCL); LIVING CONDITIONS;

PROTEINS;

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GUANIDINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRICITY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME STABILITY; GUANIDINE; HEAT; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 31044449507     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050479d     Document Type: Article

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