Engineered Bi-histidine metal chelation sites map the structure of the mechanical unfolding transition state of an elastomeric protein domain GB1

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-816

  Shen, Tao ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Zhuang, Shulin ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELASTOMER; HISTIDINE; IGG FC BINDING PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; IGG FC-BINDING PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ELASTOMERS; HISTIDINE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; NICKEL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

EID: 84865357128     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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