The N-terminal Helix Controls the Transition between the Soluble and Amyloid States of an FF Domain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Castillo, Virginia ^a   Chiti, Fabrizio ^b   Ventura, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HYPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URN1 PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMYLOID; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOLYSIS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874738423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058297     Document Type: Article

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