The whey acidic protein family: A new signature motif and three-dimensional structure by comparative modeling

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-113

  Ranganathan, Shoba ^a,e   Simpson, Kaylene J ^b   Shaw, Denis C ^c   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Four disitlflde core; Molecular electrostatic potential; Molecular model; Sequence motifs; Sequence structure comparison; WAP

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; MILK PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; WHEY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBIT; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAMELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISULFIDES; HUMANS; MICE; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE;

EID: 0000056632     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-3263(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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