Structure and Dynamics of a Protein Assembly. 1H-NMR Studies of the 36 kDa R6 Insulin Hexamer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 136-157

  Jacoby, Edgar ^a   Hua, Qing Xin ^a   Stern, Alan S ^b   Frank, Bruce H ^c   Weiss, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical shifts; Hormone; Protein design; Protein stability; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; OLIGOMER; PHENOL; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 0029916519     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0239     Document Type: Article

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