Designing Out Disulfide Bonds of Leech Carboxypeptidase Inhibitor: Implications for Its Folding, Stability and Function

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 529-546

  Arolas, Joan L ^a   Castillo, Virginia ^a   Bronsoms, Sílvia ^a   Aviles, Francesc X ^a   Ventura, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

disulfide bond; metallocarboxypeptidase inhibitor; protein engineering; protein folding; protein stability

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; LEECH CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; LEECH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; WILD TYPE;

HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 68949202844     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.049     Document Type: Article

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