How does a knotted protein fold?

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-375

  Mallam, Anna L ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase; Dimeric proteins; Knotted proteins; Methyltransferases; Multistate kinetics; Protein folding; Topological complexity; Topological knots; Trefoil knot; Ubiquitin hydrolase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KETOL ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN YBEA; PROTEIN YIBK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

LOTUS;

EID: 58149174188     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06801.x     Document Type: Review

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