Thermostability and molecular encapsulation within an engineered caged protein scaffold

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 654-664

  Dalmau, Mercè ^a   Lim, Sierin ^a,b   Chen, Helen C ^a   Ruiz, Cesar ^a   Wang, Szu Wen ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bionanotechnology; E2; Molecular encapsulation; Protein cage; Pyruvate dehydrogenase; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BIONANOTECHNOLOGY; E2; MOLECULAR ENCAPSULATION; PROTEIN CAGE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIOLOGY; DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

SCAFFOLDS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 55549118629     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21988     Document Type: Article

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