Identification and characterization of functional intermediates of stem bromelain during urea and guanidine hydrochloride unfolding

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-259

  Ahmad, Basir ^a   Shamim, Tabrez Anwer ^a   Haq, Soghra Khatun ^a   Khan, Rizwan Hasan ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Cysteine protease; Functional intermediate state; Intrinsic fluorescence; Proteolytic activity

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; BROMELAIN; GUANIDINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; BROMELAINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; UREA;

EID: 34249068231     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm026     Document Type: Article

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