Threading a peptide through a peptide: Protein loops, rotaxanes, and knots

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1249-1256

  Blankenship, John W ^a,b   Dawson, Philip E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Conformational changes; Fluorescence; Forces and stability; Kinetics; Protein structure folding; Synthesis of peptides and proteins; Thermodynamics, hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; ROTAXANE; SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; KINETICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; ROTAXANES;

EID: 34250904334     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062673207     Document Type: Article

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