The structure of a phytocyanin, the basic blue protein from cucumber, refined at 1.8 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 686-705

  Guss, J Mitchell ^c   Merritt, Ethan A ^a,b   Phizackerley, R Paul ^a   Freeman, Hans C ^c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blue copper protein; Cucumber basic protein; Cupredoxin; MAD phasing; Phytocyanin

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; COPPER; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE; POLYPEPTIDE; RAGWEED ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUCUMBER; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMBROSIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0000820236     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0545     Document Type: Article

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