The transition state for folding of a peripheral subunit-binding domain contains robust and ionic-strength dependent characteristics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1237-1247

  Ferguson, Neil ^a,b   Sharpe, Timothy D ^a,b   Johnson, Christopher M ^a,b   Fersht, Alan R ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrostatic strain; Phi value; Transition state; Tuning; Ultrafast folding

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN E3BD; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 32044468940     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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