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. 1987 Aug;84(16):5740–5744. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.16.5740

Toward an understanding of the folding of ribonuclease A.

H A Scheraga, Y Konishi, D M Rothwarf, P W Mui
PMCID: PMC298938  PMID: 3475701

Abstract

A mechanism was proposed several years ago for the regeneration of native ribonuclease A (EC 3.1.27.5) from the fully reduced form by a mixture of oxidized and reduced glutathiones. Several folding pathways, depending on the solution conditions, were deduced. It is shown here that recent criticisms of those results are due to a misinterpretation of the analysis of our data. A more detailed description of our method of analysis of our previous kinetic and energetic data is presented in order to clarify possible misconceptions.

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