Microsecond Hydrophobic Collapse in the Folding of Escherichia coli Dihydrofolate Reductase, an α/β-Type Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-229

  Arai, Munehito ^a   Kondrashkina, Elena ^b   Kayatekin, Can ^c   Matthews, C Robert ^c   Iwakura, Masahiro ^a   Bilsel, Osman ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

folding intermediate; hydrophobic collapse; native structure; protein folding; small angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947315248     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.085     Document Type: Article

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