The off-pathway status of the alkali molten globule is unrelated to heme misligation and trans-pH effects: Experiments with ferrocytochrome c

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 7774-7782

  Bhuyan, Abani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; IRON; PORPHYRINS; PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CYTOCHROME C; FERROCYTOCHROME C; FOLDING PATHWAY; GAS CONCENTRATION; HEME IRON; MOLTEN GLOBULE; NATIVE STATE; NEUTRAL PH; NON-NATIVE; REDUCED-STATE; TRANSIENT STRUCTURE; UNFOLDED PROTEINS; UNFOLDING KINETICS;

PH EFFECTS;

ALKALI; CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS ION; HEME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; LIGAND;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLTEN GLOBULE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEADY STATE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ALKALIES; CYTOCHROMES C; HEME; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 77956415204     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi100881n     Document Type: Article

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