Positive selection dictates the choice between kinetic and thermodynamic protein folding and stability in subtilases

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 14348-14360

  Subbian, Ezhilkani ^a   Yabuta, Yukihiro ^a   Shinde, Ujwal ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONFORMATIONS; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

PROTEIN FOLDING; SERINE PROTEASES;

PROTEINS;

SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 8544241753     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048397x     Document Type: Article

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