Investigation of structural and functional properties of OMPG mutants by FTIR spectroscopy

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Yılmaz, İrem
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The subject of the current study is a bacterial protein OmpG from Escherichia coli. OmpG-16S and OmpG-16SL are the mutants of OmpG that are genetically engineered for potential biotechnological applications. In this study, structural and functional similarities and/or differences of these mutants with respect to the wild type OmpG were revealed using IR spectroscopy. Also, a new spectrometer attachment enabling in situ 1H/2H exchange was developed. For the collection of mass amount of spectral data from each experiment, an automated data collection computer code was developed as well. 
Membrane proteins., Recombinant proteins., Infrared spectroscopy., Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12621415/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/26747
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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İ. Yılmaz, “Investigation of structural and functional properties of OMPG mutants by FTIR spectroscopy,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2017.
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