Probing folding and fluorescence quenching in human γD crystallin Greek key domains using triple tryptophan mutant proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2223-2235

  Kosinski Collins, Melissa S ^a   Flaugh, Shannon L ^a   King, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Fluorescence quenching; Folding intermediates; Human D Crystallin; Protein folding; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GUANIDINE; LIGAND; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATARACT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GUANIDINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 3342948291     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04627004     Document Type: Article

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