Multiple Tryptophan Probes Reveal that Ubiquitin Folds via a Late Misfolded Intermediate

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 791-805

  Vallée Bélisle, Alexis ^a   Michnick, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

early and late low energy intermediates; on pathway versus off pathway intermediates; sequential versus parallel protein folding mechanism; tryptophan fluorescence probe; ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 35648993490     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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