Testing the paradigm that the denaturing effect of urea on protein stability is offset by methylamines at the physiological concentration ratio of 2:1 (urea:methylamines)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1774, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1555-1562

  Singh, Laishram Rajendrakumar ^a   Ali Dar, Tanveer ^a   Haque, Inamul ^a   Anjum, Farah ^a   Moosavi Movahedi, Ali Akbar ^b   Ahmad, Faizan ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat denaturation; Osmolytes; Protein folding; Protein stability; Trimethylamine N Oxide; Urea methylamine compensation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CELL PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; METHYLAMINE; RIBONUCLEASE A; SARCOSINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME STABILITY; LACTALBUMIN; METHYLAMINES; MURAMIDASE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 37049028095     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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