Hydration of the folding transition state ensemble of a protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3473-3480

  Brun, Ludovic ^a   Isom, Daniel G ^b   Velu, Priya ^b   García Moreno, Bertrand ^b   Royer, Catherine Ann ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FOLDING MECHANISMS; HYDROPHOBIC CORES; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSITION STATE ENSEMBLES (TSE);

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; ENZYME VARIANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; NUCLEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645235083     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi052638z     Document Type: Article

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