Salt-induced formation of the A-state of ferricytochrome c - Effect of the anion charge on protein structure

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5347-5357

  Sinibaldi, Federica ^a   Piro, Maria C ^a   Coletta, Massimo ^a   Santucci, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A state; Cytochrome c; Fast kinetics; Folding; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; BINDING SITES; CHLORIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORSES; KINETICS; PERCHLORIC ACID; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 33751083824     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05527.x     Document Type: Article

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