Monomeric Banana Lectin at Acidic pH Overrules Conformational Stability of Its Native Dimeric Form

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Javed M ^a   Qadeer, Atiyatul ^a   Ahmad, Ejaz ^a   Ashraf, Raghib ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Chaturvedi, Sumit K ^a   Rabbani, Gulam ^a   Khan, Rizwan H ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ANILINO 8 NAPTHALENE SULFONATE; BANANA LECTIN; MONOMER; PLANT LECTIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BANANA; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELUTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

ACIDS; ACRYLAMIDE; ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LECTINS; LIGHT; MUSA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

EID: 84876866157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062428     Document Type: Article

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