Mechanical unfolding of covalently linked GroES: Evidence of structural subunit intermediates

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Sakane, Isao ^a,c   Hongo, Kunihiro ^a,b   Mizobata, Tomohiro ^a,b   Kawata, Yasushi ^a,b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Covalently linked oligomeric protein; cpn10; Force spectroscopy; GroES; Mechanical unfolding intermediates; Protein subunit stability

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GROES PROTEIN; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 58149476768     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.7     Document Type: Article

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