Continuous dissolution of structure during the unfolding of a small protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 11113-11118

  Jha, Santosh Kumar ^a   Dhar, Deepak ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Guruswamy ^b   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusive swelling; Distance distribution; Gradual unfolding; Rouse model; Time resolved FRET

Indexed keywords

MONELLIN; PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIONITROBENZOIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN FOLDING; TIME;

DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PROBES; MUTANT PROTEINS; NITROBENZOATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 67651087326     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812564106     Document Type: Article

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