Binding of ferulic acid to cytochrome c enhances stability of the protein at physiological pH and inhibits cytochrome c-induced apoptosis

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-243

  Yang, Fang ^a   Zhou, Bing Rui ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Zhao, Yan Feng ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Liang, Yi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochrome c; Drug protein interactions; Ferulic acid; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERULIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALORIMETRY; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COUMARIC ACIDS; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 36049009770     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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