Protein reconstitution and three-dimensional domain swapping: Benefits and constraints of covalency

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2317-2333

  Carey, Jannette ^a   Lindman, Stina ^b   Bauer, Mikael ^b   Linse, Sara ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Ligand binding; Metastability; Stability; Steric constraints

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENTROPY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 35648930538     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.072985007     Document Type: Review

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