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Destabilization of the Escherichia coli RNase H kinetic intermediate: switching between a two-state and three-state folding mechanism.
Journal of molecular biology - 9 Jan 2004
Spudich Giulietta M, Miller Erik J, Marqusee Susan
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli RNase H folds through a partially folded kinetic intermediate that mirrors a rarely populated, partially unfolded form detectable by native-state hydrogen exchange under equilibrium conditions. Residue 53 is at the interface of two helices known to be structured in this intermediate. Kinetic refolding studies on mutant proteins varying in size and hydrophobicity at residue 53 support a...
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