The alkali molten globule state of ferrocytochrome c: Extraordinary stability, persistent structure, and constrained overall dynamics

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3412-3420

  Rao, D Krishna ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Yadaiah, M ^a   Bhuyan, Abani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

FOLDING COORDINATE; RIGID TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME C; GUANIDINE; HEME; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; DIFFUSION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALKALIES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME STABILITY; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33644850737     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051882n     Document Type: Article

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