Order of Steps in the Cytochrome c Folding Pathway: Evidence for a Sequential Stabilization Mechanism

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1410-1419

  Krishna, Mallela M G ^a   Maity, Haripada ^a   Rumbley, Jon N ^a   Lin, Yan ^a   Englander, S Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

folding pathway; hydrogen exchange; m value; mutation; stability labeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME C; FOLDON; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745137861     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.035     Document Type: Article

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