Isothermal unfolding studies on the apo and holo forms of Plasmodium falciparum acyl carrier protein: Role of the 4′-phosphopantetheine group in the stability of the holo form of Plasmodium falciparum acyl carrier protein

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3313-3326

  Modak, Rahul ^a   Sinha, Sharmistha ^b   Surolia, Namita ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

4 phosphopantetheine; apo ACP; Conformational stability; Holo ACP; Isothermal unfolding

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN; ISOENZYME; ISOPROTEIN; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PANTETHEINE; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34347371576     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05856.x     Document Type: Article

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