Thermodynamics of downhill folding: Multi-probe analysis of pdd, a protein that folds over a marginal free energy barrier

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 8982-8994

  Naganathan, Athi N ^a,b   Muñoz, Victor ^a,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY BARRIERS; EXPERIMENTS; FREE ENERGY; PROBES; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE; INTENSITY- AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC PROBES; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNALS; THERMODYNAMIC BARRIERS; THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; THERMODYNAMIC COUPLING;

THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (ACETYL-TRANSFERRING) KINASE; UREA;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; UREA;

EID: 84905383166     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504261g     Document Type: Article

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