A missing link in cupredoxins: Crystal structure of cucumber stellacyanin at 1.6 Å resolution

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2175-2183

  Hart, P John ^a   Nersissian, Aram M ^a   Herrmann, Reinhold G ^b   Nalbandyan, Robert M ^c   Valentine, Joan Selverstone ^a   Eisenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c H Buniatian Institute of Biochemistry National Academy of Sciences of Armenia   (Armenia)

Author keywords

azurin; cucumber basic protein; cupredoxins; glutamine copper ligand; phytocyanins; plastocyanin; stellacyanin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PLASTOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUCUMBER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0029844209     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560051104     Document Type: Article

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