Amino Acid Insertion Reveals a Necessary Three-Helical Intermediate in the Folding Pathway of the Colicin E7 Immunity Protein Im7

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1074-1086

  Knowling, Stuart E ^a   Figueiredo, Angelo Miguel ^b   Whittaker, Sara B M ^b,c   Moore, Geoffrey R ^b   Radford, Sheena E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

helix design; intermediate; polyalanine; protein folding; symbol value analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; INHIBITOR PROTEIN FOR COLICIN E7; PROLINE; PROTEIN IM7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

RUMEX;

EID: 69749123006     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.085     Document Type: Article

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