NS3 protease from hepatitis C virus: Biophysical studies on an intrinsically disordered protein domain

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 13282-13306

  Vega, Sonia ^a   Neira, Jose L ^a,b   Marcuello, Carlos ^c   Lostao, Anabel ^c,d   Abian, Olga ^a,e,f   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^d FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformational landscape; Intrinsically disordered protein; Ligand binding; NS3 protease; Protein folding and stability

Indexed keywords

HEPACIVIRIN; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; SERINE PROTEINASE; NS3 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS4 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; ZINC;

EID: 84890955045     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140713282     Document Type: Article

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