Ligand binding and unfolding of tryptophan synthase revealed by ion mobility-tandem mass spectrometry employing collision and surface induced dissociation

International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-143

  Quintyn, Royston S ^a,b   Zhou, Mowei ^a,b   Dagan, Shai ^a,c   Finke, John ^d,e   Wysocki, Vicki H ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Ion mobility; Ligand binding; Protein unfolding; Surface induced dissociation; Trytophan synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CONFORMATIONS; IONS; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOMERS; PROTEINS;

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; ION MOBILITY; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SURFACE-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; SYNTHASES;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 84876932614     PISSN: 14356163     EISSN: 18654584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12127-013-0126-4     Document Type: Article

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