Fluorescence contributions of the individual Trp residues in goat α-lactalbumin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1764, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1586-1591

  Vanhooren, Ann ^a   Illyes, Eszter ^b   Majer, Zsuzsa ^c   Hanssens, Ignace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alpha lactalbumin; Differential scanning calorimetry; Disulfide bond; Photolysis; Trp Phe mutant; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; DISULFIDE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; GOATS; LACTALBUMIN; MUTATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33749819703     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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