Structural and functional analysis of ProQ: An osmoregulatory protein of Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3084-3095

  Smith, Michelle N ^a   Kwok, Stanley C ^b   Hodges, Robert S ^b   Wood, Janet M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR OSMOLALITY; HOMOLOGY MODELING; NEUTRAL BUFFERS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN PROP; PROTEIN PROQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPSIN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947405688     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi6023786     Document Type: Article

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