Modelling protein unfolding: hen egg-white lysozyme
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Characterization of the unfolding pathway of hen egg white lysozyme.
After the recent discovery of a ribonuclease A unfolding intermediate [Kiefhaber, T., et al. (1995) Nature 375, 513-515], we investigated the unfolding pathway of hen egg white lysozyme. At pH* 4.00 with D2O at 10 degrees C and 6 M guanidinium chloride, unfolding shows a single, slow kinetic phase, with a relaxation time of 3300 s when monitored by circular dichroism (CD). Exchange of the trypt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Protein Engineering Design and Selection
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1741-0126,1741-0134
DOI: 10.1093/protein/10.8.895