Nondenaturing mass spectrometry to study noncovalent protein/protein and protein/ligand complexes: Technical aspects and application to the determination of binding stoichiometries

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 484, Issue , 2008, Pages 217-243

  Sanglier, Sarah ^a   Atmanene, Cédric ^a   Chevreux, Guillaume ^a   Van Dorsselaer, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ligand binding stoichiometry; Multimeric protein; Noncovalent interactions; Nondenaturing mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HPR KINASE; LIGAND; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60349097912     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-398-1_15     Document Type: Article

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