Pressure- and temperature-induced unfolding studies: Thermodynamics of core hydrophobicity and packing of ribonuclease A

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-296

  Font, Josep ^a   Benito, Antoni ^a   Torrent, Joan ^a,b   Lange, Reinhard ^b   Ribó, Marc ^a   Vilanova, Maria ^a  

^a Departament de Biologia   (Spain)

^b University of Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic interactions; Packing interactions; Pressure denaturation; Ribonuclease A; Temperature denaturation; UV spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEATING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANE; PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645025997     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.038     Document Type: Article

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