Probing early events in ferrous cytochrome c folding with time-resolved natural and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopies

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 464-475

  Chen, Eefei ^a   Goldbeck, Robert A ^a   Kliger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational diffusion; Cytochrome c; Far UV circular dichroism; Heme misligation; Magnetic circular dichroism; Molten globule; Optical rotatory dispersion; Secondary structure formation; Time resolvedspectroscopy; Unfolded chains

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS CYTOCHROME C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 70349492136     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309789352001     Document Type: Review

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