Thermodynamic characterization of the folding equilibrium of the human Nedd4-WW4 domain: At the frontiers of cooperative folding

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 8712-8720

  Cobos, Eva S ^a   Iglesias Bexiga, Manuel ^a   Ruiz Sanz, Javier ^a   Mateo, Pedro L ^a   Luque, Irene ^a   Martinez, Jose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DENATURANTS; CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM; COOPERATIVITY; DENATURING AGENTS; DOWNHILL FOLDING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT CAPACITIES; LINEAR CORRELATION; LOW ENERGIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MACROSTATES; MODEL SYSTEM; NATIVE CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL SIZE; SPECIFIC ENTHALPY; SPECTRAL DATA; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; TWO-STATE; UBIQUITIN LIGASES; WW DOMAIN;

CONFORMATIONS; ENZYMES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE NEDD4;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 70149123668     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9007758     Document Type: Article

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