Functional role of a protein foldon - An Ω-loop foldon controls the alkaline transition in ferricytochrome c

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-355

  Maity, Haripada ^a   Rumbley, Jon N ^a,b   Englander, S Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline transition; Cytochrome c; Foldon; Hydrogen exchange

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKALIES; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME STABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 33645277619     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20757     Document Type: Article

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