Knot formation in newly translated proteins is spontaneous and accelerated by chaperonins

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-153

  Mallam, Anna L ^a,b   Jackson, Sophie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN YBEA; PROTEIN YIBK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

LOTUS;

EID: 84856113243     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.742     Document Type: Article

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