Unexpected effects of macromolecular crowding on protein stability

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 9773-9775

  Benton, Laura A ^a   Smith, Austin E ^a   Young, Gregory B ^b   Pielak, Gary J ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR 2; CROWDING EFFECTS; DENATURED STATE; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; NATIVE STATE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STABILIZING EFFECTS;

ENTROPY; GLUCOSE; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

MACROMOLECULES;

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; FICOLL; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CROWDING; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84870899331     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300909q     Document Type: Article

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