Probing protein folding using site-specifically encoded unnatural amino acids as FRET donors with tryptophan

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 5953-5962

  Miyake Stoner, Shigeki J ^a   Miller, Andrew M ^a   Hammill, Jared T ^a   Peeler, Jennifer C ^a   Hess, Kenneth R ^a   Mehl, Ryan A ^a   Brewer, Scott H ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; AMINOACYL; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DONOR ABILITY; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; ETHYNYL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBIC CORE; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; NON-INTRUSIVE; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SITE-SPECIFIC; SMALL SIZE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; T4 LYSOZYME;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROBES; SITE SELECTION; UREA;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

4 CYANOPHENYLALANINE; 4 ETHYNYLPHENYLALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, TRANSFER, TRP; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 67649588679     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900426d     Document Type: Article

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