Structural reorganization triggered by charging of Lys residues in the hydrophobic interior of a protein

Structure

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1085

  Chimenti, Michael S ^a   Khangulov, Victor S ^a   Robinson, Aaron C ^a   Heroux, Annie ^c   Majumdar, Ananya ^a   Schlessman, Jamie L ^b   García Moreno, Bertrand ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861960391     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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