The mechanochemistry of copper reports on the directionality of unfolding in model cupredoxin proteins

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Beedle, Amy E M ^a   Lezamiz, Ainhoa ^b   Stirnemann, Guillaume ^c   Garcia Manyes, Sergi ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; CARBON; COPPER; COPPER PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; PLASTOCYANIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CUPREDOXIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; CARBON; COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTOCYANIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938498725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8894     Document Type: Article

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