The thermostability and specificity of ancient proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-43

  Wheeler, Lucas C ^a   Lim, Shion A ^b,c   Marqusee, Susan ^b,c   Harms, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTEIN; PROTEOME; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84973370491     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.05.015     Document Type: Review

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