Understanding and increasing protein stability.

doi:10.1016/0167-4838(95)00133-f

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Understanding and increasing protein stability.

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 27 Sept 1995

Fágáin C O

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This review surveys the processes leading to loss of protein function and the types of molecular interaction that help stabilize proteins. It considers the effects of organic solvents on stability and the special features of thermophilic proteins. The deliberate manipulation of stability by prote...

Topics

Enzyme Stability
Mutation
Protein Denaturation
Protein Engineering
Proteins
Solvents
Subtilisins
Temperature

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