The contribution of the residues from the main hydrophobic core of ribonuclease A to its pressure-folding transition state

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1000-1009

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b University of Montpellier   (France)

^c Campus de Montilivi s/n   (Spain)

Author keywords

High pressure; Pressure folding transition state; Pressure jumps; Protein folding; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33646152749     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.052050306     Document Type: Article

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