Genetic selection reveals the role of a buried, conserved polar residue

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1609-1616

  Johnson, R Jeremy ^a   Lin, Shawn R ^a   Raines, Ronald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational stability; Genetic selection; Hydrogen bond; Hydrophobic core; Molecular evolution; Ribonucleases

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SERINE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34547581431     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.072938907     Document Type: Article

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