Osmolyte-induced folding of an intrinsically disordered protein: Folding mechanism in the absence of ligand

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 5086-5096

  Chang, Yu Chu ^a   Oas, Terrence G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC LIGANDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISORDERED PROTEINS; EQUILIBRIUM STUDY; FOLDED PROTEINS; FOLDING MECHANISM; FOLDING PROCESS; FOLDING RATES; INTERCONVERSIONS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; MODEL SYSTEM; OSMOLYTES; P-PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMPONENTS; STOPPED-FLOW KINETICS; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDES;

BACTERIOLOGY; LIGANDS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; RATE CONSTANTS; RNA; TITRATION; UREA;

EXPERIMENTS;

BACTERIAL RNA; LIGAND; RIBONUCLEASE P; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; KINETICS; LIGANDS; METHYLAMINES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953878597     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi100222h     Document Type: Article

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