Different Folding Pathways Taken by Highly Homologous Proteins, Goat α-Lactalbumin and Canine Milk Lysozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1361-1378

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Makabe, Koki ^a,b   Tomoyori, Katsuaki ^c,d   Maki, Kosuke ^a,b,e   Mukaiyama, Atsushi ^a   Kuwajima, Kunihiro ^a,b,c  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Folding pathway; Hydrogen deuterium exchange; NMR; Protein folding; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GOAT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77649271648     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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