Mapping Transient Partial Unfolding by Protein Engineering and Native-State Proteolysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 543-556

  Chang, Youngil ^a   Park, Chiwook ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy landscape; mutagenesis; partial unfolding; protein engineering; proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70349422114     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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