Structural basis for the stability of a thermophilic methionine adenosyltransferase against guanidinium chloride

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 361-373

  Garrido, Francisco ^a   Taylor, John C ^b   Alfonso, Carlos ^c   Markham, George D ^b   Pajares, María A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guanidinium chloride; Methionine adenosyltransferase; Stability; Thermophile; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYPERTHERMOPHILE; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

ENZYME STABILITY; GUANIDINE; METHANOCOCCUS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860243446     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0813-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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