Rapid and irreversible reduction of protein disulfide bonds

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-72

  Lu, Bao Yuan ^a   Chang, Jui Yoa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturant; Depolymerization of prion aggregates; Hydroxide ions; Inactivation of disulfide protein; Rapid reduction of disulfide bonds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COVALENT BONDS; IONS; PROTEINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BASE CATALYZED; DENATURANT; DISULFIDE BONDS; HIGHLY STABLES; HYDROXIDE IONS; IRREVERSIBLE REDUCTION; RAPID REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL GROUPS;

REDUCTION;

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARDIOTOXIN; DISULFIDE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; POTATO CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIBONUCLEASE A; SECRETARY LEUKOCYTE PROTEASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE ION; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISULFIDES; DITHIOTHREITOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955095030     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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