Investigating the effect of temperature on transient partial unfolding by proteolysis

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1093-1097

  Youn, Kiwon ^a   Park, Chiwook ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local fluctuation; Partial unfolding; Proteolysis; Proteolytic susceptibility; Stability

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; THERMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE H; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOLYSIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69549102871     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609789055287     Document Type: Article

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