Mapping protein conformational heterogeneity under pressure with site-directed spin labeling and double electron-electron resonance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Lerch, Michael T ^a,b   Yang, Zhongyu ^a   Brooks, Evan K ^a   Hubbell, Wayne L ^a,b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Dipolar spectroscopy; EPR

Indexed keywords

APOMYOGLOBIN; HOLOMYOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DOUBLE ELECTRON ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON; FREEZING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERBARISM; KINETICS; MAPPING PROTEIN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN LABELING;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DIPOLAR SPECTROSCOPY; EPR;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREEZING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPERM WHALE; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84897536162     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403179111     Document Type: Article

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