The utilization of competing unfolding pathways of monellin is dictated by enthalpic barriers

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 5770-5779

  Aghera, Nilesh ^a   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; FREE ENERGY; PROTEINS; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

DENATURANT CONCENTRATION; ENTHALPIC BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY OF ACTIVATIONS; MULTIPLE PATHWAYS; PARALLEL PATHWAYS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TRANSITION STATE; UNFOLDING KINETICS;

KINETICS;

MONELLIN;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84883230609     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi400688w     Document Type: Article

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