The Transition State of the ras Binding Domain of Raf Is Structurally Polarized Based on Φ-Values but Is Energetically Diffuse

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1559-1577

  Campbell Valois, F X ^a   Michnick, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

chevron curves; protein engineering; protein folding; Raf ras binding domain (RBD); value

Indexed keywords

RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UBIQUITIN;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33846012154     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.079     Document Type: Article

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