Studying the folding process of the acylphosphatase from Sulfolobus solfataricus. A comparative analysis with other proteins from the same superfamily

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 28, 2004, Pages 9116-9126

  Bemporad, Francesco ^a   Capanni, Cristina ^a   Calamai, Martino ^b   Tutino, Maria Luisa ^c   Stefani, Massimo ^a   Chiti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ACYLPHOSPHATASE; ALANINE; CYCLOPHILIN A; PEPTIDE; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYCLOPHILIN A; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS;

SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 3142745308     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi030238a     Document Type: Article

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