The effect of additional disulfide bonds on the stability and folding of ribonuclease A

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Pecher, Pascal ^a   Arnold, Ulrich ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disulfide bond; Protein engineering; Protein folding; Ribonuclease A; Thermodynamic stability

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDES; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 60249097711     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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