Side-chain packing interactions stabilize an intermediate of BAX protein against chemical and thermal denaturation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-64

  Chan, Chun Hui ^a   Tsai, Chia Jung ^a   Chiang, Yun Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHAINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

APOPTOTIC SIGNALING; AROMATIC INTERACTIONS; AROMATIC SIDE CHAINS; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; INTERMEDIATE STATE; THERMAL DENATURATIONS;

DENATURATION;

BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN BAX;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84920714203     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5091334     Document Type: Article

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