Contributions of aromatic pairs to the folding and stability of long-lived human γD-crystallin

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-528

  Kong, Fanrong ^a   King, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic residues; Crystallin; Folding; Greek key; Kinetics; Nucleation site; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GUANIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ACCELERATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 79952151932     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.583     Document Type: Article

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