Two-crystal structures of tropomyosin C-terminal fragment 176-273: Exposure of the hydrophobic core to the solvent destabilizes the tropomyosin molecule

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 710-719

  Minakata, Shiho ^a   Maeda, Kayo ^a   Oda, Naoko ^a   Wakabayashi, Katsuzo ^b   Nitanai, Yasushi ^c   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a,d  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TROPOMYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 47749129993     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.126144     Document Type: Article

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