Protein dynamics and pressure: What can high pressure tell us about protein structural flexibility?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1814, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 934-941

  Cioni, Patrizia ^a   Gabellieri, Edi ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azurin; High pressure; Protein cavities; Protein dynamics; Protein structure; Tryptophan phosphorescence

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

HYDRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FLEXIBILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AZURIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEMPERATURE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79958782065     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.09.017     Document Type: Review

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