Single surface stabilizer

被引:65
作者
Pace, CN [1 ]
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[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Med Biochem & Genet, College Stn, TX 77845 USA
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10.1038/75100
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The enhanced stability of a cold shock protein from a thermophilic organism, compared to its counterpart from a mesophile, results mainly from a single change in amino acid sequence that improves electrostatic interactions among the charged groups on the protein surface.
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