Conformation and stability of the Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035-encoded site-specific β recombinase, and identification of a folding intermediate

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 525-533

  Bhardwaj, Anshul ^a   Welfle, Karin ^a   Misselwitz, Rolf ^a   Ayora, Silvia ^b,c   Alonso, Juan C ^b   Welfle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

recombinase; Circular dichroic spectroscopy; Denaturant induced unfolding; Differential scanning calorimetry; Serine recombinase family

Indexed keywords

BETA RECOMBINASE; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ENZYME STABILITY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UREA;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33746102862     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.068     Document Type: Article

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