A Hinge Region cis-Proline in Ribonuclease A Acts as a Conformational Gatekeeper for C-Terminal Domain Swapping

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 567-578

  Miller, Katherine H ^a,b   Karr, Jessica R ^a,b   Marqusee, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain swapping; Oligomerization; Proline isomerization; Protein folding; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CIS TRANS ISOMERASE; DIMER; GLYCINE; MONOMER; PROLINE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; FREEZE DRYING; GENE MUTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HINGE REGION; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; WILD TYPE;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 77954385000     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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