Interactions of glycine betaine with proteins: Insights from volume and compressibility measurements

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 672-680

  Shek, Yuen Lai ^a   Chalikian, Tigran V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC COMPRESSIBILITY; ASSOCIATION CONSTANT; BINDING REACTIONS; CAVITY FORMATION; CHANGES IN VOLUME; COMPRESSIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; COSOLVENTS; CYTOCHROME C; ENERGETIC PROPERTIES; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECTS; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; GLYCINE BETAINE; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATIVE STATE; OSMOLYTES; OVALBUMINS; PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUME; RIBONUCLEASE A; STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMIC MODELS; VOLUMETRIC DATA; WATER MOLECULE;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPRESSIBILITY; FREE ENERGY; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PROTEINS;

BETAINE; CYTOCHROME C; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; OVALBUMIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOCHROMES C; HORSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873818542     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi301554h     Document Type: Article

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