C-terminal deletion of leucine-rich repeats from YopM reveals a heterogeneous distribution of stability in a cooperatively folded protein

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1948-1960

  Kloss, Ellen ^a,b   Barrick, Doug ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Leucine rich repeat; LRR; Partial unfolding; Protein folding; Repeat protein

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOPM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DENATURATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; YERSINIA;

EID: 69249097774     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.205     Document Type: Article

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