Mechanistic insights into the folding of knotted proteins in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 248-258

  Lim, Nicole C H ^a,b   Jackson, Sophie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Chaperonins; GroEL GroES; Knotted; Nascent chain; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOTTED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHAPERONINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84920773996     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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