NMR Analysis of the Conformational Properties of the Trapped on-pathway Folding Intermediate of the Bacterial Immunity Protein Im7

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1001-1015

  Whittaker, Sara B M ^a   Spence, Graham R ^b   Gunter Grossmann J ^c   Radford, Sheena E ^b   Moore, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Im7; intermediate; NMR; protein folding; SAXS

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN IM7; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RUMEX;

EID: 33846577660     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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