Early events, kinetic intermediates and the mechanism of protein folding in cytochrome c

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1476-1499

  Goldbeck, Robert A ^a   Chen, Eefei ^a   Kliger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapsed intermediate; Conformational diffusion; Disordered tertiary structure; Far UV circular dichroism; Heme misligation; Molten globule; Secondary structure formation; Time resolved spectroscopy; Unfolded chains

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CYTOCHROME C; HYDROGEN;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW;

AMIDE HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; COLLAPSED INTERMEDIATE; CONFORMATIONAL DIFFUSION; DISORDERED TERTIARY STRUCTURE; FAR-UV CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEME MISLIGATION; MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLTEN GLOBULE; SECONDARY STRUCTURE FORMATION; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; THERMOPHILES; THREE-STATE PATHWAY; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TRP59 FLUORESCENCE; UNFOLDED CHAINS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67149118906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10041476     Document Type: Review

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