The critical role of N- and C-terminal contact in protein stability and folding of a family 10 xylanase under extreme conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bhardwaj, Amit ^a,b   Leelavathi, Sadhu ^a   Mazumdar Leighton, Sudeshna ^b   Ghosh, Amit ^c   Ramakumar, Suryanarayanarao ^d   Reddy, Vanga S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; TRYPSIN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROGEN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 77956204645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011347     Document Type: Article

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