Ca2+-Binding domain VI of rat calpain is a homodimer in solution: Hydrodynamic, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 535-537

  Blanchard, Helen ^a,b,e   Li, Yunge ^a,b,e   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b,e   Kay, Cyril M ^c,e   Arthur, J Simon C ^d,e   Davies, Peter L ^d,e   Elce, John S ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Montreal Jt Ctr for Struct Biol   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Protein Eng Netwk Centres E ^*

Author keywords

Calcium binding domain; Calpain; Crystallization; Homodimer; Smalt subunit

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0029670455     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050317     Document Type: Article

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