Design and structure of an equilibrium protein folding intermediate: A hint into dynamical regions of proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 922-934

  Ayuso Tejedor, Sara ^a,b   Angarica, Vladimir Espinosa ^a,b   Bueno, Marta ^a,b   Campos, Luis A ^a,b   Abián, Olga ^a,b,c   Bernadó, Pau ^d   Sancho, Javier ^a,b   Jiménez, M Angeles ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folding intermediate; NMR; Protein design; Protein structure; SAXS

Indexed keywords

APOFLAVODOXIN; FLAVODOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954383580     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.050     Document Type: Article

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