Absence of kinetic thermal stabilization in a hyperthermophile rubredoxin indicated by 40 microsecond folding in the presence of irreversible denaturation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-127

  LeMaster, David M ^a   Tang, Jianzhong ^a   Hernández, Griselda ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding; Kinetic stabilization; Rubredoxin

Indexed keywords

RUBREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; ENTHALPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RUBREDOXINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 4444337188     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20181     Document Type: Article

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