Conformational equilibration time of unfolded protein chains and the folding speed limit

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4090-4099

  Abel, Christina J ^a   Goldbeck, Robert A ^a   Latypov, Ramil F ^b,c   Roder, Heinrich ^b   Kliger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPLEXATION; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRATION TIME; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CHAINS; TIME CONSTANT;

PROTEINS;

CYTOCHROME C; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; HEME DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; DIFFUSION; HORSES; KINETICS; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TIME FACTORS; TUNA;

EQUIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 34047194846     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0622930     Document Type: Article

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