New insights into conformational and functional stability of human α-thrombin probed by high hydrostatic pressure

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3580-3587

  Lima, Luis Mauricio T R ^a,b   Zingali, Russolina B ^a   Foguel, Débora ^a   Monteiro, Robson Q ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Odontologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Denaturation; Fluorescence; Pressure; Thrombin; Urea

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLPIPECOLYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; THROMBIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; THROMBIN; UREA;

EID: 4544240366     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-2956.2004.04295.x     Document Type: Article

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