Dynamics and flexibility of human aromatase probed by FTIR and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Di Nardo, Giovanna ^a   Breitner, Maximilian ^a   Sadeghi, Sheila J ^a   Castrignanò, Silvia ^a   Mei, Giampiero ^b   Di Venere, Almerinda ^b   Nicolai, Eleonora ^b   Allegra, Paola ^a   Gilardi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; HISTIDINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTERIUM HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY; TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AROMATASE; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84892398454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082118     Document Type: Article

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