Four-state folding of a SH3 domain: Salt-induced modulation of the stabilities of the intermediates and native state

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4723-4734

  Dasgupta, Amrita ^a   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEVRON PLOT; FOLDING PATHWAY; GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; HOFMEISTER EFFECTS; KINETIC DATA; MOLTEN GLOBULE; NATIVE STATE; PI3-KINASE; RATE LIMITING; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

AMINO ACIDS;

FLUORESCENCE;

GUANIDINE; PROTEIN SH3; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANIDINE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; SULFATES;

EID: 84862162074     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300223b     Document Type: Article

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