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Structural and mechanistic exploration of acid resistance: kinetic stability facilitates evolution of extremophilic behavior.
Journal of molecular biology - 4 May 2007
Kelch Brian A, Eagen Kyle P, Erciyas F Pinar, Humphris Elisabeth L, Thomason Adam R, Mitsuiki Shinji, Agard David A
Abstract excerpt
Kinetically stable proteins are unique in that their stability is determined solely by kinetic barriers rather than by thermodynamic equilibria. To better understand how kinetic stability promotes protein survival under extreme environmental conditions, we analyzed the unfolding behavior and determined the structure of Nocardiopsis alba Protease A (NAPase), an acid-resistant, kinetically stable protease, and...
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