Proline effect on the thermostability and slow unfolding of a hyperthermophilic protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Takano, Kazufumi ^a,b   Higashi, Ryogo ^a   Okada, Jun ^a   Mukaiyama, Atsushi ^a   Tadokoro, Takashi ^a   Koga, Yuichi ^a   Kanaya, Shigenori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Folding; Hyperthermophilic protein; Proline residue; Ribonuclease HII; Stability

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; PROTEIN P46; PROTEIN P70; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE H; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 58149129222     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn144     Document Type: Article

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