Contribution of inter-subunit interactions to the thermostability of Pyrococcus furiosus citrate synthase

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Moore, Vicky ^a   Kanu, Ami ^a   Byron, Olwyn ^b   Campbell, Gordon ^b   Danson, Michael J ^a   Hough, David W ^a   Crennell, Susan J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Archaeon; Citrate synthase; Dimerisation energy; Fluorescence; Oligomeric stability; UHBD

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GUANIDINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 79955524607     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0363-6     Document Type: Article

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