Protein Folding Kinetics Provides a Context-independent Assessment of β-Strand Propensity in the Fyn SH3 Domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 764-774

  Zarrine Afsar, Arash ^a   Dahesh, Samira ^a   Davidson, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

folding kinetics; local and non local interactions; SH3 domains; strand propensity; value analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SH3;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34748838920     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.059     Document Type: Article

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