Kinetic folding mechanism of an integral membrane protein examined by pulsed oxidative labeling and mass spectrometry

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-158

  Pan, Yan ^a   Brown, Leonid ^b   Konermann, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

covalent labeling; folding intermediate; folding kinetics; hydroxyl radical; stopped flow spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; IODINE; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; COVALENT LABELING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STOPPED FLOW FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; STOPPEDVFLOW UV VIS SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79958755721     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.04.074     Document Type: Article

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